Hi Everybody Semantic Web Austin is organizing the Linked Data tutorial this Friday and Saturday from 9am to 5pm. The tutorial is exactly the same on each day, so just decide which day suits you better. The tutorial will be delivered by Tom Heath (tomheath.com), one of the many researchers and developers of this technology. He is coming in from the UK!
However, the question is... What is Linked Data? Linked Data is about using Web technologies to connect data that is related but stored in different locations. Linked Data techniques are increasingly being used by organisations worldwide to improve the portability, reusability, and interconnectedness of their data. So if you are interested in doing mashups, and want to learn about this new technology, you better come! More info: http://semanticwebaustin.org/ Register at: http://linkeddataaustin.eventbrite.com/ Linked Data has been the buzz word in the last month. Just last week, Tim Berners-Lee gave a presentation at TED about Linked Data. The work that BBC Music has launched their site which is a mashup of Musicbrainz and Wikipedia...all linked data! An article about this can be found in Business Week ( http://www.businessweek.com/globalbiz/content/jan2009/gb20090121_970005.htm?campaign_id=rss_daily) and RWW ( http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/bbcs_semantic_music_project.php) Even the Wall Street Journal has commented on how Linked Data can help solve the problem in Wall Street ( http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123413741814261521.html) The Harvard Business Review has an article of what are the things people need to know about the Semantic Web ( http://hbr.harvardbusiness.org/web/2009/hbr-list/what-you-need-to-know-about-the-semantic-web ) The Linked Data tutorial is sponsored by ATI of the University of Texas at Austin and also The Guardian newspaper of the UK (yes!! they are sponsoring us!). ATI is providing the venue and food and The Guardian is providing the BEER! We plan to have an "after-party" after the event on each day. Details will be announced on the day of each event. If you have any questions, please contact me. Cheers! Juan Sequeda, Ph.D Student Dept. of Computer Sciences The University of Texas at Austin www.juansequeda.com www.semanticwebaustin.org --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Our Web site: http://www.RefreshAustin.org/ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Refresh Austin" group. [ Posting ] To post to this group, send email to [email protected] Job-related postings should follow http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin/web/refresh-austins-job-posting-guidelines. We do not accept job posts from recruiters. [ Unsubscribe ] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] [ More Info ] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Refresh-Austin -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
