John Goodwin wrote:
Some/all of you probably heard that the Guardian released their new Open Platform/Data Store today [1].
Wouldn't it be great to see this as part of the linked data web?? [2]
Big time!
Clearly old media stalwarts are catching on to the "Fish" vs "Wine"
analogy re. data.
To quote:
"Comment, as Guardian founding editor CP Scott said, is free, but facts
are sacred." -- The Guardian's editor-in-chief on why data matters.
There only been a two week lag between the New York Times effort and the
Guardian response.
They have chat spaces at:
1. http://groups.google.com/group/guardian-api-talk
2. http://groups.google.com/group/guardian-data-talk (*this one has a
callout re. Linked Data already :-) * ).
Also note, since they use Google Spreadsheet as the data space, the
RDFization shouldn't be that difficult (Google Spreadsheet supports
Named Ranges).
Kingsley
John
[1] http://simonwillison.net/2009/Mar/10/openplatform/
[2]
http://johngoodwin225.wordpress.com/2009/03/10/the-guardian-open-platform-and-data-store/
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