Re: ...and that URI

2009-09-16 Thread Raphaël Troncy
Dear Norman, all, It looks very attractive, but: Thanks for the feedback, I'm sure W3C will love to hear from these comments. All, please note that I'm not working in the W3C comm team :-) However, if you look at http://beta.w3.org/, at the bottom of the page, it is written that ALL can

Re: ...and that URI

2009-09-16 Thread Danny Ayers
2009/9/16 Norman Gray nor...@astro.gla.ac.uk: Ooops, sorry.  I've sent the comments off to their proper place. ditto -- http://danny.ayers.name

OPEN PhD POSITIONs: Semantic Multimedia / Video Analysis / Semantic Search at HPI Potsdam, Germany

2009-09-16 Thread Harald Sack
Hello, if somebody feels like moving to beautiful Potsdam (HPI is located right at the city boundary of Berlin) to work in a semantic multimedia retrieval project, where we will definitely do some Linked Data research, please let me know. Best, Harald - 4 OPEN Ph.D. POSITIONS at

Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Juan Sequeda
Hi everybody, Chatting with John Goodwin, and idea came up of organizing a Linked Data mash-a-thon during ISWC. There is a lot of Linked Data out there, enough tools to do cool stuff, and this is the biggest semantic web meeting, so why not show the world the cool things that can be done with

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Kingsley Idehen
Juan Sequeda wrote: Hi everybody, Chatting with John Goodwin, and idea came up of organizing a Linked Data mash-a-thon during ISWC. There is a lot of Linked Data out there, enough tools to do cool stuff, and this is the biggest semantic web meeting, so why not show the world the cool things

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Juan Sequeda
The objective of this idea is to show that cool things can be done with Linked Data, and lets take advantage that the semantic web hackers are all together at the same place. In other words, lets rephrase this: a Linked Data Hack-a-thon Juan Sequeda, Ph.D Student Dept. of Computer Sciences The

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Kingsley Idehen
Juan Sequeda wrote: The objective of this idea is to show that cool things can be done with Linked Data, and lets take advantage that the semantic web hackers are all together at the same place. Objective was clear, my gripe was the regressive theme of data mashing. In other words, lets

government linked data (new group at W3C)

2009-09-16 Thread Sandro Hawke
The W3C eGovernment Interest Group is in the process being re-chartered, and the new focus is largely on government data, including gathering experience and advising governments on how to publish linked data and use other Semantic Web technologies. If this is something you're interested in,

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Kingsley Idehen
Giovanni Tummarello wrote: Do Data Architects, Systems Designers, Data Integrators, and people with other data oriented technical skill sets not have a look-in here? I don't think these profiles gravitate to events that carry the Hacking theme. they'd be probably networking and or

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Brian Manley
On Sep 16, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: Juan Sequeda wrote: The objective of this idea is to show that cool things can be done with Linked Data, and lets take advantage that the semantic web hackers are all together at the same place. Objective was clear, my gripe was the

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Bernhard Schandl
Hi Juan, I think that's a nice idea and I would like to join the event. Btw, we are planning a similar event in Vienna, located and scheduled near ESTC 2009, which we call Linked Data Camp, more about this will be posted soon under http://www.linkeddatacamp.org and

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Kingsley Idehen
Brian Manley wrote: On Sep 16, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: Juan Sequeda wrote: The objective of this idea is to show that cool things can be done with Linked Data, and lets take advantage that the semantic web hackers are all together at the same place. Objective was clear, my

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Kingsley Idehen
Brian Manley wrote: On Sep 16, 2009, at 11:48 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: Juan Sequeda wrote: The objective of this idea is to show that cool things can be done with Linked Data, and lets take advantage that the semantic web hackers are all together at the same place. Objective was clear, my

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Juan Sequeda
Wow. I was in a meeting for 2 hours and my email got flooded. I'm glad that this discussion came up, but I don't think this is such a big deal. First of all. I thought to myself (and sorry for being repetitive), if the gurus of the semantic web are together for 5 days, how about we take

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Juan Sequeda
Hi Tony, On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:43 PM, Tony Shaw anthonypeters...@yahoo.comwrote: By whatever name is decided, I would be happy to contribute to a cash prize if it would provide some momentum to the competition. That would be awesome! Thanks!! I'm also willing to facilitate a similar

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread Patrick Sinclair
Hi Juan, You can count me in on a Linked Data hack event - it will be awesome to spend some hours at ISWC with other Linked Data enthusiasts building interesting apps and hacks on top of Linked Data! What can I do to help? Patrick 2009/9/16 Juan Sequeda juanfeder...@gmail.com Hi Tony, On

Re: Linked Data Mash-a-thon

2009-09-16 Thread rick
So would a Mesh-a-thon warrant an Ansari prize? Or would a Data Link-a-thon imply a tightly funded Mechanical Turk HITS approach? -- Rick cell: 703-201-9129 web: http://www.rickmurphy.org blog: http://phaneron.rickmurphy.org Juan Sequeda wrote: Hi Tony, On Wed, Sep 16, 2009 at 4:43 PM,