Here comes Everything: Preparing for the Linked Web of Data

Shadbolt, N. and Hall, W. (2010) Here comes Everything: Preparing for the Linked Web of Data. In: Busienss Southampton Breakfast Seminar, 11th Jan 2010, Chilworth Manor, Southampton.

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Abstract

This talk reviews the history and development of the Web as a global information fabric. It describes some of the key developments and goes on to consider current excitement around the emergence of a Web of Linked Data. Much of this is arising in the area of Public Sector Informatin.

Governments around the world collect information. This information is often non-personal public sector information. It relates to transport and education, health and the environment, business and leisure. Publishing and releasing this information in a machine readable way could lead to huge economic and social improvements.

We describe developments in the UK and US which are showing the potential of building a Web of Open Linked Data using Semantic Web Standards. It will discuss the technical as well as social and cultural challenges. It will show examples of the applications that can result. It will consider the economic and social impact this could have.

Item Type:	Conference or Workshop Item
Creator/Authors:	Nigel Shadbolt Wendy Hall
Research Group:	Old ECS Groups > Science and Engineering of Natural Systems Current ECS Groups > Web and Internet Science Old ECS Groups > Intelligence, Agents, Multimedia
Date:	11 January 2010
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Citations:	Google Scholar: 22
Downloads (2010):	146
ID Code:	18395
Last Modified:	23 Sep 2011 10:38
Deposited On:	18 Jan 2010 13:27 by Shadbolt, Nigel

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