Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-24 Thread Violeta Ilik
From: Code for Libraries [CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU] on behalf of Karen Coyle [li...@kcoyle.net] Sent: Tuesday, December 23, 2014 4:58 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access Off the top of my head: http

Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-23 Thread Kyle Banerjee
Well, that raises an important question -- whether an 'end user use', or other use, do people have examples of neat/important/useful things done with linked data in Europe, especially that would have been harder or less likely without the data being modelled/distributed as linked data? I'm

Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-23 Thread Karen Coyle
...@mediumaevum.com] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 6:11 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access There are deeper issues at work here than just the kind of obvious surface issues. One of the reason Europe embraced rdf triples and linked data was timing. The EU

Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-22 Thread Brent Hanner
There are deeper issues at work here than just the kind of obvious surface issues. One of the reason Europe embraced rdf triples and linked data was timing. The EU was forming its centralized information institutions the same time the idea of linked data to solve certain problem came about.

Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-22 Thread Jonathan Rochkind
...@mediumaevum.com] Sent: Monday, December 22, 2014 6:11 PM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access There are deeper issues at work here than just the kind of obvious surface issues. One of the reason Europe embraced rdf triples and linked data was timing. The EU

[CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-19 Thread Eric Lease Morgan
I don’t know about y’all, but it seems to me that things like linked data and open access are larger trends in Europe than here in the United States. Is there are larger commitment to sharing in Europe when compared to the United States? If so, is this a factor based on the nonexistence of a

Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-19 Thread Debra Shapiro
Yes, I absolutely agree Eric - I am not sure if it is because we have no National Library - it might just be because of the US notions of individuality and freedom of commerce - as a country, we just won't tell anyone what to do, even if it’s to be open. LIBER open data agreement:

Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-19 Thread Mixter,Jeff
for Libraries CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU on behalf of Debra Shapiro dsshap...@wisc.edu Sent: Friday, December 19, 2014 10:18 AM To: CODE4LIB@LISTSERV.ND.EDU Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access Yes, I absolutely agree Eric - I am not sure if it is because we have no National Library

Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-19 Thread Joe Hourcle
On Dec 19, 2014, at 9:48 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: I don’t know about y’all, but it seems to me that things like linked data and open access are larger trends in Europe than here in the United States. Is there are larger commitment to sharing in Europe when compared to the United

Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-19 Thread Karen Coyle
Yep, yep, and yep. Plus I'd add that the lack of centralization of library direction (read: states) is also a hindrance here. Having national leadership would be great. Being smaller also wouldn't hurt. kc On 12/19/14 6:48 AM, Eric Lease Morgan wrote: I don’t know about y’all, but it seems

Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-19 Thread Kyle Banerjee
On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Joe Hourcle onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.gov wrote: I can't comment on the linked data side of things so much, but in following all of the comments from the US's push for opening up access to federally funded research, I'd have to say that capitalism and

Re: [CODE4LIB] linked data and open access

2014-12-19 Thread Joe Hourcle
On Dec 19, 2014, at 12:28 PM, Kyle Banerjee wrote: On Fri, Dec 19, 2014 at 7:57 AM, Joe Hourcle onei...@grace.nascom.nasa.gov wrote: I can't comment on the linked data side of things so much, but in following all of the comments from the US's push for opening up access to federally