Re: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-07 Thread Dave Reynolds
On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 01:38 +0200, Sören Auer wrote: On 07.10.2010 1:13, Georgi Kobilarov wrote: So, now the EU also takes that burden off the small linked data consultancies and businesses. Not at all! PUBLINK is not aimed at organizations which already precisely know what they want

Re: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-07 Thread Sören Auer
On 07.10.2010 9:57, Dave Reynolds wrote: Insofar PUBLINK rather clears the way for commercial linked data service providers. But is not working with any breadth of such providers. I share Georgi's reservations, seems like an odd direction for EU framework projects to take. Its not really a

Re: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-07 Thread Hugh Glaser
Clearly this is an exciting thing to be doing, but I couldn't let Sören's comments go :-) On 07/10/2010 08:57, Dave Reynolds dave.e.reyno...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 01:38 +0200, Sören Auer wrote: On 07.10.2010 1:13, Georgi Kobilarov wrote: So, now the EU also takes that burden

RE: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-07 Thread Michael Schneider
Sören Auer wrote: PS: Please also keep in mind that PUBLINK is very limited (max. 3-5 data owning organizations) and ca. 10 man days of support for each. I think those numbers are the really important bits. I have seen EU projects where there were plans to perform really huge field studies. I

Re: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-07 Thread Michael Smethurst
On 07/10/2010 11:58, Hugh Glaser h...@ecs.soton.ac.uk wrote: Clearly this is an exciting thing to be doing, but I couldn't let Sören's comments go :-) On 07/10/2010 08:57, Dave Reynolds dave.e.reyno...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, 2010-10-07 at 01:38 +0200, Sören Auer wrote: On 07.10.2010

Re: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-07 Thread Ian Davis
On Thu, Oct 7, 2010 at 1:00 PM, Michael Schneider schn...@fzi.de wrote: Sören Auer wrote: PS: Please also keep in mind that PUBLINK is very limited (max. 3-5 data owning organizations) and ca. 10 man days of support for each. I think those numbers are the really important bits. I have seen EU

RE: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-07 Thread Georgi Kobilarov
So, now the EU also takes that burden off the small linked data consultancies and businesses. Not at all! PUBLINK is not aimed at organizations which already precisely know what they want and are willing to pay for it. Oh yes, clients who precisely know what they want. Of course, how

RE: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-07 Thread Georgi Kobilarov
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

Re: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-07 Thread John Domingue
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

Ann: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-06 Thread Sören Auer
Dear all, We are pleased to announce the PUBLINK Linked Open Data Consultancy backed by the consortia of the EU-FP7 LOD2 [1] and LATC projects [2]. In order to lower the entrance barrier for potential data publishers the LOD2 and LATC consortia offer the *free* PUBLINK Linked Open Data

RE: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-06 Thread Georgi Kobilarov
.org] On Behalf Of Sören Auer Sent: Wednesday, October 06, 2010 7:24 PM To: Linking Open Data; SW-forum Subject: Ann: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy Dear all, We are pleased to announce the PUBLINK Linked Open Data Consultancy backed by the consortia of the EU-FP7 LOD2 [1] and LATC

Re: PUBLINK Linked Data Consultancy

2010-10-06 Thread Sören Auer
On 07.10.2010 1:13, Georgi Kobilarov wrote: So, now the EU also takes that burden off the small linked data consultancies and businesses. Not at all! PUBLINK is not aimed at organizations which already precisely know what they want and are willing to pay for it. It is more aimed at people