What are the technical problems with using open data? Are there current technologies that could and should be standardized? What technical approaches are emerging as best practices? Can Linked Data play nicely with other formats? These are the broad questions that were addressed in a workshop jointly organized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Open Data Institute and the Open Knowledge Foundation, hosted by Google right in the heart of London’s Tech City of Shoreditch in April. Phil Archer will present a summary of the topics discussed and how it is likely to affect future standards work at W3C.

An in-depth look at the Selectors module for CSS.

This conference will present the results of 2 years of study into how ICT is changing the way governments and citizens communicate with each other. The Web is fundamental to this change of course, through the proliferation of open data and social media.

SEMIC 2013 will offer a unique opportunity to explore and discuss how Public Administrations are tackling Semantic Interoperability issues to make information exchange more efficient and effective.