Category Archives: Web

From Records to a Web of Library Data – Pt3 Beacons of Availability

Posted on March 15, 2013 by Richard Wallis

As is often the way, you start a post without realising that it is part of a series of posts – as with the first in this series.  That one – Entification, the following one – Hubs of Authority and … More…

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From Records to a Web of Library Data – Pt2 Hubs of Authority

Posted on March 14, 2013 by Richard Wallis

As is often the way, you start a post without realising that it is part of a series of posts – as with the first in this series.  That one – Entification, and the next in the series – Beacons … More…

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Who Will Be Mostly Right – Wikidata, Schema.org?

Posted on April 10, 2012 by Richard Wallis

Two, on the surface, totally unconnected posts – yet the the same message. Well that’s how they seem to me anyway.

Post 1 – The Problem With Wikidata from Mark Graham writing in the Atlantic. Post 2 – Danbri has moved on – should we follow? by a former colleague Phil Archer. More…

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Google SEO RDFa and Semantic Search

Posted on March 16, 2012 by Richard Wallis

Today’s Wall Street Journal gives us an insight in to the makeover underway in the Google search department. Over the next few months, Google’s search engine will begin spitting out more than a list of blue Web links. It will … More…

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The Pointless Search for the Killer App

Posted on March 9, 2012 by Richard Wallis

Why is it those sceptical about a new technology resort, within a very few sentences, to the show me the Killer App line. As if the appearance of, a gold-star approved by the bloggerati, example of something useful implemented in said technology is going to change their mind.
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A Data 7th Wave Approaching

Posted on February 16, 2012 by Richard Wallis

I believe Data, or more precisely changes in how we create, consume, and interact with data, has the potential to deliver a seventh wave impact. With the advent of many data associated advances, variously labelled Big Data, Social Networking, Open Data, Cloud Services, Linked Data, Microformats, Microdata, Semantic Web, Enterprise Data, it is now venturing beyond those closed systems into the wider world. It is precisely because these trends have been around for a while, and are starting to mature and influence each other, that they are building to form something really significant. More…

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A Video Conversation

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Richard Wallis

Today I share a conversation with my good friend and former colleague Paul Miller of Cloud of Data. Paul is a prolific podcaster, but had yet to venture in to the world of the video conversation.  This conversation was therefore … More…

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BBC Sport Site Built on a Solid Linked Data Foundation

Posted on February 3, 2012 by Richard Wallis

The BBC team have been evolving their approach to delivering agile, effective, websites in an efficient way by building on Linked Data foundations, sector by sector – wildlife, news, music, World Cup 2010, and now in readiness for London 2012 – the whole sport experience. Since the launch a few days ago, the main comment seems to be that it is ‘very yellow’, which it is. Not much reference to the innovative approach under the hood – as it should be. If you can see the technology, you have got it wrong.
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OK So Who Noticed the SOPA Blackout

Posted on January 19, 2012 by Richard Wallis

All in all, I believe the campaign has been surprisingly effective on the visible web. However, what prompted this post was trying to ascertain how effective it was on the Data Web, which almost by definition is the invisible web. Ahead of the dark day, a move started on the Semantic Web and Linked Open Data mailing lists to replicate what Wikipedia was doing by going dark on Dbpedia More…

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