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Join us as Dr. Tom Heath from Talis, a UK-based software company, discusses the shift from a document-centric web to a data-centric approach. With over 40 years of experience in collaborative metadata systems, Talis is well-equipped to navigate this transition. The talk will cover the opportunities presented by the Linked Open Data (LOD) cloud, the significance of thing-centric linking, and how we can enable diverse tasks on the web of data. Discover how Talis supports global data platforms that enhance applications for public authorities and educational institutions.
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Dr. Tom Heath Platform Division Talis Information Ltd tom.heath@talis.com http://tomheath.com/id/me Aberdeen, 6 May 2009 Interacting with the Web of Data
About Talis UK-based software company Past: established 40 years ago to deliver large collaborative metadata systems Present: Very stable with over 100 customers - public authorities and universities Future: global data platform supporting ours and others' applications
Talk Outline From Web of Documents to Web of Data Thing-centric not Document-centric A Task-oriented Foundation for Semantic Web Applications
The Web of Linked Documents API/XML HTML HTML HTML untypedlinks untypedlinks untypedlinks
The Web of Linked Data Don't just link the documents, link the things Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing Thing typedlinks typedlinks typedlinks typedlinks
Linking Distributed Data Sets <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Talis_Group> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Person#based_near> <http://sws.geonames.org/3333125/>
Search and Browse are great for Documents – but what other kinds of tasks can we enable with a Web of Data?