Linked Open Data for the Environment

SmartOpenData Seminar
Palermo, 9th July 2015

Where it all began

Photo: Rosie Sutton

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The Web of Data

Linked Data uses the concepts and technologies of the Web to describe the world

http://philarcher.org/diary/2014/canyouexplainlinkeddata/

Linked Data Basics

Here is a picture.

Linked Data Basics

Here is a picture.

Of a sculture.

Linked Data Basics

Here is a picture.

Of a sculture.

Of Albert Einstein

Linked Data Basics

Here is a picture.

Of a sculture.

Of Albert Einstein

And his famous equation: e=mc²

Linked Data Basics

Here is a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image

Of a http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sculpture.

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

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

Linked Data Basics

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