Spatial Data on the Web

Geospatial World Forum
Lisbon, 27 May 2015

Linked Data Basics

Here is a picture.

Linked Data Basics

Here is a picture.

Of Albert Einstein

Linked Data Basics

Here is a picture.

Of Albert Einstein

And his famous equation: e=mc²

Linked Data Basics

Here is a picture.

Of Albert Einstein

And his famous equation: e=mc²

Actually, it's a picture of a sculpture of Albert Einstein

Linked Data Basics

Here is a picture.

Of Albert Einstein

And his famous equation: e=mc²

Actually, it's a picture of a sculpture of Albert Einstein

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Linked Data Basics

Wouldn't it be great if your computer could do all that looking up for you?

Linked Data Basics

http://www.w3.org/2012/Talks/0710_phila_bcs/einstein.jpg is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image.

Of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Einstein

And his famous equation: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mass-energy_equivalence

Actually, it's a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image of a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_einstein

Linked Data Basics

• New data Agh!
• New data model?
• A new column in the data base?

SmartOpenData

The vocabularies: http://www.w3.org/2015/03/inspire/

The project: