Sören,
before you get too depressed with all this negativity ..... I'd just
like to say that I for one think that this is a *great* idea and a
very good use of EU project resources. Getting out there and helping
to kick start more institutions to LoD is definitely the way to go
with your project.
Good Luck!
and please keep me posted on results
cheers
John
On 7 Oct 2010, at 16:45, Georgi Kobilarov wrote:
Hi Michael,
Insofar PUBLINK rather clears the way for commercial linked data
service providers.
By doing what? Which bits does publink do and which bits are left
to the
commercial sector?
From the lines above it aims to help "people in organizations who
want to
persuade their decision makers" or persuade decision makers in
general
with
demos
Personally I think if that's the intention it's good. I know where
to find
help
with data modelling, hosting, data consolidation, existing
ontologies,
content
negotiation etc etc. But I don't know where to go for help
translating
developer understanding to business understanding
The intention is good, I agree, but centralizing all of the work
into just
one consortium isn't. One research consortium as the new linked data
monopolist, that's not the message to send out into the world.
Plus, in my opinion there is little of a business model in
publishing data
in itself. There can only be a business model in having other people
use
data, for which publishing is one necessity of course.
So the showcases for the business will be on the data consumption
side, and
these demos should be developed by people who know how to build
demos and
showcases. "Persuading" a few more data publishers won't change the
landscape, so I'd much rather see that money go into e.g. developer/
design
competitions like the Sunlight Foundation is doing in the US.
Cheers,
Georgi
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