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Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data




                      Intelligent Information
                           Management
                                  Collaborative Project 2010-2014
                          in Information and Communication Technologies



       Project No. 257943
       Start Date 01/09/2010




                                                                          http://lod2.eu
EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2010 . Page 1                         http://lod2.eu
Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data



       Why Linked Open Data?
Problem: Try to search for these things on the      opaque to current Web search.
current Web:
• Apartments near German-Russian bilingual
childcare in Leipzig.
• ERP service providers with offices in Vienna
and London.
• Researchers working on multimedia topics in
Eastern Europe.
Information is available on the Web, but


 Solution: complement text on Web pages with structured
 linked open data & intelligently combine/integrate such
 structured information from different sources:
                                                              Search	
  engine	
  
                                        HTML                                                      HTML
                                                                                            RDF
                                                  RDF
                                      Web	
                                                           Web	
  
        berlin.de                    server	
                             Immobilienscout.de         server	
  
        Has everything about                                              Knows all about real
        childcare in Berlin.           DB	
                               estate offers in Germany     DB	
  


       EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 2                                                       http://lod2.eu
Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data




The	
  emerging	
  Web	
  of	
  Data




EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 3    http://lod2.eu
Inter-­‐linking/	
  
                                       Fusing	
  



                Manual	
  
                                                            Classifica7on/	
  
               revision/	
                                   Enrichment	
  
               authoring	
  




Storage/	
  
                               Linked Data
                                 Lifecycle
                                                                                 Quality	
  Analysis	
  
Querying	
  




                               Challenges
               Extrac7on	
                                Evolu7on	
  /	
  Repair	
  




                                      Search/	
  
                                     Browsing/	
  
                                    Explora7on	
  
Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data



     Use Cases
                                             Objective of WP8:
                           Applying Linked Data technologies in an enterprise stack
                                 to support Human Resources-related issues.



                                                    ENTERPRISE
                                                   APPLICATIONS

                                                      (Exalead)




Objective of WP7:                         MEDIA                 OPEN             Objective of WP9:
Supporting content-related                  &                GOVERNMENT          Improving accessibility,
production workflows in the             PUBLISHING              DATA             findability and reusability of
media & publishing industry.                                                     Open Government Data.
                                          (Wolters                  (Open
                                           Kluwer                 Knowledge
                                          Germany)                Foundation)




     EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 5                                             http://lod2.eu
Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data



PubLink – LOD2’s Linked Open Data Starter Service
•  PubLink helps selected organizations with a focused consulting effort of 10-15 days
   to publish and make use out of Linked Data

•  PubLink helps to evaluate the LOD2 technologies and to increase the wealth of
   Linked Data

•  Yearly application deadline in Winter

•  2011 PubLink participants include:

    1.    Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Austria
    2.    Greater London Authority
    3.    Deutsch Bibliographie, Historische Kommission
    4.    The Parliament of Finland
    5.    City of Vienna
    6.    Instituto Canario de Estadística (ISTAC)

•  See: http://lod2.eu/Article/Publink.html


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Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data



Publicdata.eu




EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 7    http://lod2.eu
Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data



The LOD2 Open Government Data Stakeholder Survey 2010
http://survey.lod2.eu


Some results
                                                     ‘Expected to have features' of a data catalogue:
Quality of data:
                                                     • providing raw datasets
• provenance/source of data
                                                     • information about versions of data sets
• format of data
                                                     • searching exploring, grouping, clustering of data sets
• completeness of meta data

                                                     ‘Like to have features':
What users want to do with open government data
                                                     • crowd sourcing mechanisms
are:
• research / analysis                                • alerts on (regional) information
                                                     • analysis an visualisation tools
• visualisation
• simply consuming the data




EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 8                                                 http://lod2.eu
Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data



WP12: Fact Sheet

Project                                                             Means
§    Instrument:   Large-scale Integrating Project
§    Objective:    Intelligent Information Management              §  Total Budget:      8,58 M€
§    Call:         FP7-ICT-2009-5                                  §  Total Funding:     6,45 M€
§    Duration:            09/2010 – 08/2014                        §  Total Resources:   844 PM




Consortium
§  Universität Leipzig (Coordinator)
§      Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica
§      National University of Ireland in Galway
§      Freie Universität Berlin
§      OpenLink Software
§      Semantic Web Company
§      TenForce
§      Exalead
§      Wolters Kluwer Deutschland                   10 Partners from 7 European
§      Open Knowledge Foundation                    Countries




EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 9                                                   http://lod2.eu
Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data



Contact

Address                                       Coordinator

University of Leipzig                       Dr Sören Auer
Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Scientific Project Leader
Institute of Computer Science               Phone:+49 (341) 97-32367
Department of Business Information Systems
                                            Fax: +49 (341) 97-32329
Postfach 100920                             Email: auer@uni-leipzig.de
04009 Leipzig                               http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~auer
Germany
                                              Nadine Jänicke
                                              Project Manager
                                              Phone:+49 (341) 97-32310
                                              Fax: +49 (341) 97-32329
                                              Email: jaenicke@uni-leipzig.de
                                              http://bis.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/NadineJaenicke

                                              Presenter
                                              Bastiaan Deblieck
                                              Semantic Technology Business Unit Manager
                                              Phone:+32 475 95 49 32
                                              Email: bastiaan.deblieck@tenforce.com
                                              http://www.tenforce.com

Thanks for your attention!                                                                          http://lod2.eu
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  • 1. Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data Intelligent Information Management Collaborative Project 2010-2014 in Information and Communication Technologies Project No. 257943 Start Date 01/09/2010 http://lod2.eu EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2010 . Page 1 http://lod2.eu
  • 2. Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data Why Linked Open Data? Problem: Try to search for these things on the opaque to current Web search. current Web: • Apartments near German-Russian bilingual childcare in Leipzig. • ERP service providers with offices in Vienna and London. • Researchers working on multimedia topics in Eastern Europe. Information is available on the Web, but Solution: complement text on Web pages with structured linked open data & intelligently combine/integrate such structured information from different sources: Search  engine   HTML HTML RDF RDF Web   Web   berlin.de server   Immobilienscout.de server   Has everything about Knows all about real childcare in Berlin. DB   estate offers in Germany DB   EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 2 http://lod2.eu
  • 3. Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data The  emerging  Web  of  Data EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 3 http://lod2.eu
  • 4. Inter-­‐linking/   Fusing   Manual   Classifica7on/   revision/   Enrichment   authoring   Storage/   Linked Data Lifecycle Quality  Analysis   Querying   Challenges Extrac7on   Evolu7on  /  Repair   Search/   Browsing/   Explora7on  
  • 5. Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data Use Cases Objective of WP8: Applying Linked Data technologies in an enterprise stack to support Human Resources-related issues. ENTERPRISE APPLICATIONS (Exalead) Objective of WP7: MEDIA OPEN Objective of WP9: Supporting content-related & GOVERNMENT Improving accessibility, production workflows in the PUBLISHING DATA findability and reusability of media & publishing industry. Open Government Data. (Wolters (Open Kluwer Knowledge Germany) Foundation) EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 5 http://lod2.eu
  • 6. Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data PubLink – LOD2’s Linked Open Data Starter Service •  PubLink helps selected organizations with a focused consulting effort of 10-15 days to publish and make use out of Linked Data •  PubLink helps to evaluate the LOD2 technologies and to increase the wealth of Linked Data •  Yearly application deadline in Winter •  2011 PubLink participants include: 1.  Umweltbundesamt GmbH, Austria 2.  Greater London Authority 3.  Deutsch Bibliographie, Historische Kommission 4.  The Parliament of Finland 5.  City of Vienna 6.  Instituto Canario de Estadística (ISTAC) •  See: http://lod2.eu/Article/Publink.html EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 6 http://lod2.eu
  • 7. Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data Publicdata.eu EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 7 http://lod2.eu
  • 8. Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data The LOD2 Open Government Data Stakeholder Survey 2010 http://survey.lod2.eu Some results ‘Expected to have features' of a data catalogue: Quality of data: • providing raw datasets • provenance/source of data • information about versions of data sets • format of data • searching exploring, grouping, clustering of data sets • completeness of meta data ‘Like to have features': What users want to do with open government data • crowd sourcing mechanisms are: • research / analysis • alerts on (regional) information • analysis an visualisation tools • visualisation • simply consuming the data EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 8 http://lod2.eu
  • 9. Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data WP12: Fact Sheet Project Means §  Instrument: Large-scale Integrating Project §  Objective: Intelligent Information Management §  Total Budget: 8,58 M€ §  Call: FP7-ICT-2009-5 §  Total Funding: 6,45 M€ §  Duration: 09/2010 – 08/2014 §  Total Resources: 844 PM Consortium §  Universität Leipzig (Coordinator) §  Centrum Wiskunde & Informatica §  National University of Ireland in Galway §  Freie Universität Berlin §  OpenLink Software §  Semantic Web Company §  TenForce §  Exalead §  Wolters Kluwer Deutschland 10 Partners from 7 European §  Open Knowledge Foundation Countries EU-FP7 LOD2 Project Overview . 11.05.2011 . Page 9 http://lod2.eu
  • 10. Creating Knowledge out of Interlinked Data Contact Address Coordinator University of Leipzig Dr Sören Auer Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science Scientific Project Leader Institute of Computer Science Phone:+49 (341) 97-32367 Department of Business Information Systems Fax: +49 (341) 97-32329 Postfach 100920 Email: auer@uni-leipzig.de 04009 Leipzig http://www.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/~auer Germany Nadine Jänicke Project Manager Phone:+49 (341) 97-32310 Fax: +49 (341) 97-32329 Email: jaenicke@uni-leipzig.de http://bis.informatik.uni-leipzig.de/NadineJaenicke Presenter Bastiaan Deblieck Semantic Technology Business Unit Manager Phone:+32 475 95 49 32 Email: bastiaan.deblieck@tenforce.com http://www.tenforce.com Thanks for your attention! http://lod2.eu LOD2 Title . 02.09.2010 . Page 10 http://lod2.eu