Ho, Quoting M. Mulligan :
"We have an API in the works to be completed in Q1 2009. We are also bringing on a VP Tech around the same time, so would you mind touching back then and we can talk more about this? It's a little over my head, although I get and support the general idea." Thus an opening and a date for 2009 we have. Have fun, Chris On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 10:42 PM, Christopher Stewart < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hey, > > Do they have an API ? >> >> Do they have Feeds that expose public versions of their aggregated data? >> >> The above are the critical pieces re. RDF-ization. >> > > I agree that those are critical pieces, yet I can see neither thus far... > > I have directed their co-founder and president (Brenden Mulligan) towards > some of the LOD sites. I'll discuss further with him and when/if there's > interest I'll reporting here, or invite him to join the thread... > > Chris > > > > On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 11:08 AM, Kingsley Idehen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > >> Christopher Stewart wrote: >> >>> Howdy, >>> >>> I think they could become a significant nexus for artist-related data, >>> and an important agent for the democratization of the semantic technologies. >>> >>> A huge amount of artists rely on social networks and music sites for >>> promotion and distribution. >>> >>> Entering contents on such sites is a painfully tedious process (i.e. >>> large number of services / no standards / so very few importers), and given >>> the trends it looks as if it's only gonna get worse, until something is >>> done. In other words, having the possibility to "post once, publish >>> everywhere" is godsend. >>> >>> Thus the publishing service that ArtistData is offering has the potential >>> to interest a huge amount of artists, and become a vital part of their >>> organizations. >>> >>> >>> For now ArtistData only handle shows, but they have plans to add "blogs, >>> news, and more in the upcoming months" (hopefully, "more" means music >>> metadata, photos, videos, contacts, ...). >>> >>> So, assuming that they're successful, then they will become a kind of >>> funnel in which artists pour their contents, and via which music and social >>> sites get fed. And once the funnel is made then it's easy to make it >>> available to the general public also. Thus a lot of data will go through >>> their hands before reaching their partner sites, and they'll have the weight >>> of a huge amount of users behind them, so they'll be in a very good position >>> to propose standards (they most probably will have to at some point or >>> another if they want to keep their hair), and generally influence how music >>> and social sites handle and represent data on their side. >>> >>> So, to restate my original message in less inspired language, it would >>> surely be interesting to have ArtistData adopt RDF and the semantic >>> technologies. >>> >>> Thus being said, ladies and gents, have a nice day (and might I add a >>> belated happy birthday to K). >>> >>> Take care, >>> Chris >>> __________________________________________________ >>> >>> Rock : http://myspace.com/poligraf >>> Micro-Funding : http://poligraf.wordpress.com/ >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 4:29 AM, Yves Raimond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]<mailto: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> Hello! >>> >>> > Would be interesting to have the following MusicOntologized and >>> > LinkingOpenData-ed : >>> > >>> > https://www.artistdata.com/us/howitworks >>> >>> Looks nice - a bit like ping.fm <http://ping.fm>, but for >>> music-related data :-) >>> However, I am not sure what there is to RDFize and interlink there, as >>> the data is posted to multiple sites (e.g. eventful, last.fm >>> <http://last.fm> etc.) but >>> not available directly or stored on artistdata.com >>> <http://artistdata.com>? >>> >>> I am guessing writing a more complete linked data wrapper to the >>> last.fm <http://last.fm> api than the one at >>> http://dbtune.org/last-fm/ could allow us >>> to interlink data posted through artistdata.com >>> <http://artistdata.com>? >>> >>> Cheers! >>> y >>> >>> > >>> > Have fun ! >>> > Chris >>> > >>> > __________________________________________________ >>> > Christopher Stewart >>> > >>> > Rock : http://myspace.com/poligraf >>> > Micro-Funding : http://poligraf.wordpress.com/ >>> > >>> > > >>> > >>> >>> --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "Music Ontology Specification Group" group. >>> To post to this group, send email to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> <mailto: >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>> > >>> For more options, visit this group at >>> >>> http://groups.google.com/group/music-ontology-specification-group?hl=en >>> -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~--- >>> >>> >>> Chris, >> >> Do they have an API ? >> >> Do they have Feeds that expose public versions of their aggregated data? >> >> The above are the critical pieces re. RDF-ization. >> >> >> -- >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Kingsley Idehen Weblog: >> http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen<http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen> >> President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com >> >> >> >> >> >
