LOD in Context - Challenging the Assumptions

PiLOD
29 January 2014, Amsterdam

http://www.w3.org/2014/Talks/0129_phila_pilod/

Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>

@philarcher1

You might have seen this

The LOD Cloud

And this

5 Star Linked data Mug
Available on the Web (whatever format) but with an open licence, to be Open Data
★★Available as machine-readable structured data (e.g. excel instead of image scan of a table)
★★★ as (2) plus non-proprietary format (e.g. CSV instead of Excel)
★★★★All the above plus, Use open standards from W3C (RDF and SPARQL) to identify things, so that people can point at your stuff
★★★★★All the above, plus: Link your data to other people’s data to provide context

Originally developed by Tim Berners-Lee

A colourful collection of spring bulbs

Attribution Noncommercial Share Alike Some rights reserved by foroyar22

Oh Yeah?

Yes. But …

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Study on business models for Linked Open Government Data (BM4LOGD)

Phil Archer, W3C; Makx Dekkers, AMI Consult; Stijn Goedertier, Nikolaos Loutas, PwC EU Services.

Assumptions

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Case Studies

Questions

What did it cost to make it available as 5 star data?
Who uses your data?
Can you please put us in touch with users of your data?
What are the benefits of the approach?

Questions

What did it cost to make it available as 5 star data?
Hard/impossible to split out cost of LD from other costs
Who uses your data?
Can you please put us in touch with users of your data?
What are the benefits of the approach?

Questions

What did it cost to make it available as 5 star data?
Hard/impossible to split out cost of LD from other costs
Who uses your data?
Don't know, it's not why we do it, but server logs suggest traffic is increasing.
Can you please put us in touch with users of your data?
What are the benefits of the approach?

Questions

What did it cost to make it available as 5 star data?
Hard/impossible to split out cost of LD from other costs
Who uses your data?
Don't know, it's not why we do it, but server logs suggest traffic is increasing.
Most people who use the data download a copy rather then use the SPARQL endpoint.
Can you please put us in touch with users of your data?
What are the benefits of the approach?

Questions

What did it cost to make it available as 5 star data?
Hard/impossible to split out cost of LD from other costs
Who uses your data?
Don't know, it's not why we do it, but server logs suggest traffic is increasing.
Most people who use the data download a copy rather then use the SPARQL endpoint.
Can you please put us in touch with users of your data?
Ermmm …
Lots of users of the service
What are the benefits of the approach?

Questions

What did it cost to make it available as 5 star data?
Hard/impossible to split out cost of LD from other costs
Who uses your data?
Don't know, it's not why we do it, but server logs suggest traffic is increasing.
Most people who use the data download a copy rather then use the SPARQL endpoint.
Can you please put us in touch with users of your data?
Ermmm …
Lots of users of the service
What are the benefits of the approach?
Lots!

The Benefits of LOD for Government

Flexible data integration

Increase in data quality

New services

Cost reduction

External apps

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Enablers

Roadblocks

Conclusion

Linked Open Data really does open new possibilities.

★★ More efficiency, better provision of the public task.

★★★ Greater flexibility leads to lower cost for future projects.

★★★★Linking authoritative data leads to new services, new discoveries.

★★★★★ Providing 5 star linked data for other people is an extra bonus you get for free.

Conclusion

Linked Open Data really does open new possibilities.

★★ More efficiency, better provision of the public task.

★★★ Greater flexibility leads to lower cost for future projects.

★★★★Linking authoritative data leads to new services, new discoveries.

★★★★★ Providing 5 star linked data for other people is an extra bonus you get for free.

These slides: http://www.w3.org/2014/Talks/0129_phila_pilod/

The full report BM4LOGD

Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>

@philarcher1