The Significance and Technical Opportunities of the Data Boom

Data Boom, 21 January, Budapest

https://www.w3.org/2016/Talks/0121_phila_databoom/

Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>

@philarcher1

A sculpture of a large pair of scissors cutting along a dotted line in the grass

Sculpture In Context 2010 At The Botanic Gardens Attribution Share Alike Some rights reserved by William Murphy

A colourful collection of spring bulbs

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Where it all began

Iconic diagram from front of original proposal Tim's Browser for the NeXT
A USB stick on a traditional record card with some basic metadata

Photo: Rosie Sutton

Self Contained Data

Screenshot of Scottish Government's daily energy consumption tracker

Data That's Linked

Banner logo from Supervizor site

Data That's Linked

Banner logo from Supervizor site Logo from Léková encyklopedie, a Czech site with data for doctors

Data That's Linked

Banner logo from Supervizor site Logo from Léková encyklopedie, a Czech site with data for doctors Logo from Justinian, a Czech site with data for lawyers

Data That's Linked

Banner logo from Supervizor site Logo from Léková encyklopedie, a Czech site with data for doctors Logo from Justinian, a Czech site with data for lawyers Logo from Portuguese Local Transparency Portal

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 Example

Screenshot from https://obs.ellak.gr/

Linked Data Example

Screenshot from openphacts.org

Linked Data Example

Screenshot from Kompany.at
Picture of the HAL computer from 2001 A Space Odyssey with the caption I think you know what the problem is just as well as I do

Consensus

A bunch of middle aged white men playing music in an Irish bar

Special Consensus performing at Colfers Pub, Carrig on Bannow, Co. Wexford on Sunday 27th January 2013 Attribution Noncommercial No Derivative Works Some rights reserved by Sean Rowe

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The W3C logo The Share-PSI logo
A college girl on her laptop in the park giving the thumbs up sign
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Cliffs of moher
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Cliffs Of Moher #2
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Cliffs Of Moher #2
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https://www.w3.org/2016/Talks/0121_phila_databoom/

Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>

@philarcher1