{"id":1226,"date":"2011-07-12T10:10:37","date_gmt":"2011-07-12T09:10:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_ideas\/2011\/07\/jiscexpo-past-present-and-future-of-linked-data-in-higher-education\/"},"modified":"2011-07-12T10:10:37","modified_gmt":"2011-07-12T09:10:37","slug":"jiscexpo-past-present-and-future-of-linked-data-in-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.meanboyfriend.com\/overdue_ideas\/2011\/07\/jiscexpo-past-present-and-future-of-linked-data-in-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"JISCExpo: Past, Present and Future of Linked data in Higher Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

Opening the day is Paul Miller who authored the Linked Data Horizon Scan<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The horizon scan was written in Q3\/4 2009 to see what JISC needed to focus on in terms on Linked Data. It included 9 recommendations – 3 on web identifiers; 4 on data publishing; 2 support measures<\/p>\n

Paul going to revisit these recommendations this morning…<\/p>\n

“Learn from Cabinet Office Guidance on the creation of URIs”<\/strong>
\nPaul thinks this ‘is done’ – “almost unnecessary to say in 2011”
\n[I’m not as optimistic as Paul on this one – still feel huge battle to fight in terms of convincing people that URIs are identifiers not just web addresses]<\/p>\n

“Identify a core set of widely used identifiers (JACS, instution codes, etc.) and assign HTTP URIs”
\n<\/strong>Paul says some progress I suppose – really should have been more though – this is the step that will make all of this stuff work across data sets”<\/p>\n

Identify the ways that researchers identify themselves and link to instutional, professional, socail identities as appropriate”<\/strong>
\nPaul says – on the whol remains ad hoc, with individuals using self defined URLs (whether self-owned or twitter\/linkedin\/blog url) as surrogates. Paul asks – is this OK?<\/p>\n

David Shotton (Oxford) mentions ORCID http:\/\/www.orcid.org\/<\/a> – feeling from the room that it shows promise for solving the problem of identifying people in authoring contexts – but there is a larger problem, and the question of how multiple identifiers for people are matched up is also going to be problematic<\/p>\n

“Look at OPSI Unlocking Service (http:\/\/www.opsi.gov.uk\/unlocking-service\/OPSIpage.aspx?page=UnlockIndex<\/a>) and consider whether a similar approach might be used in helping the community identify data sets to prioritise”
\n<\/strong>Paul says – not really been looked at – do we still need to?<\/p>\n

“Evaluate the effectiveness of Data Incubator etc as a way of marrying data to developers”
\n<\/strong>Paul says – some DevCSI<\/a> activity on this but nothing systematic?
\nAlso http:\/\/getthedata.org<\/a> gets a mention, and ‘data without borders’ initiative http:\/\/jakeporway.com\/2011\/06\/data-without-borders-an-exciting-first-day\/<\/a><\/p>\n

“Validate existing data licenses, and engage with government”
\n<\/strong>Not perfect by pretty good across Strategic Content Alliance (SCA http:\/\/sca.jiscinvolve.org\/wp\/<\/a>), Discovery initiative (http:\/\/discovery.ac.uk<\/a>), etc.<\/p>\n

Paul feels we are moving to point where question is ‘why can this not be open’ rather than ‘why should this be open’<\/p>\n

“Demonstrate the utility of embedding RDFa on institutional web pages”
\n<\/strong>Paul really suprised by the apparent lack of any serious progress in this area.. – debate from the floor – some question value of RDFa – why do it. If CMS doesn’t support then difficult to achieve. I raise issue we saw in Lucero of how Google et al actually present or use data published in RDFa<\/p>\n

“Identify ways in which the community can consume and contribute to existing data services.”<\/strong>
\n? Missed Paul’s summary…<\/p>\n

“Identify a focus for Linked Data activities”
\n<\/strong>This programme – #jiscexpo – so challenge now is how to share and get issues out.<\/p>\n

Paul thinks on balance – good progress on 4, failed on 5<\/p>\n

Paul says – we need to focus less on raw numbers more on real utility – and more links between resources<\/strong> – how do we achieve this? Very little interlinking going on – except small number of key resources such as Dbpedia. Need real linking beyond a single data set, beyond a single institution…<\/p>\n

Debate from the floor – is ‘link more’ really relevant? Paul agrees – again just ‘lots of links’ is not the point – about valuable linking.<\/p>\n

I make point about re-use of URIs – more difficult than coining URIs!<\/p>\n

Paul says we need to share wisdom around – Where does Linked Data add real value – where is it merely possible and where is it ‘really stupid’…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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