Geographical Service: a compass for the Web of Data
Research paper the representation of geographical information by Gianluca Correndo, Manuel Salvadores, Yang Yang, Nicholas Gibbins and Nigel Shadbolt
Articles about Formats Link
Using Web-Based Knowledge Extraction: Techniques to Support Cultural Modeling
Research paper on using the Web for cultural modelling by Paul R. Smart, Winston R. Sieck, and Nigel R. Shadbolt
SPARQL Query Rewriting for Implementing Data Integration over Linked Data
Research paper presenting an algorithm for RDF data mediation by Gianluca Correndo, Manuel Salvadores, Ian Millard, Hugh Glaser and Nigel Shadbolt
A Linked Data representation of the Nomenclature of Territorial Units for Statistics
Research paper on the representation of geographical information by Gianluca Correndo, Alberto Granzotto, Manuel Salvadores, Wendy Hall, and Nigel Shadbolt
The Semantic Web Revolution – Unleashing the World’s most Valuable Information
Wendy Hall and Nigel Shadbolt’s keynote presentation at the Online Information Conference 2009, 1-3 December, 2009, Olympia Conference Centre, London.
Keynote presentation at the Online Information Conference 2009, 1-3 December, 2009, Olympia Conference Centre, London.
Use of the Semantic Web in e-Research
Research paper by Kieron O’Hara, Tim Berners-Lee, Wendy Hall & Nigel Shadbolt
“A New Way of Finding Information: Basic Technologies of the Semantic Web. A vital factor in the way the World Wide Web has revolutionized research has been its radical decentralization: any page can link to any other. This decentralization is scalable and removes bottlenecks in supply. Navigation can be via associational links, maintaining relevance, or key-word search, which allows the user a measure of control that makes a suitably connected computer a virtual, near-universal library.” …
"Put in your postcode, out comes the data"
Nigel Shadbolt and Tim Berners-Lee in The Times
“We all recognise the power of information. It guides our behaviour and decisions. It tells us when the trains run and when the roads are jammed, how schools, hospitals and police are performing. We live in an age in which the essential raw material is information; data with a context. It underpins our economy and our society.” ….
"Get ready for the web of linked data"
Wendy Hall in “Computing”
“The web has been a transformational technology and an incredibly powerful tool, today largely made up of linked documents. But as it continues to evolve and to achieve its full promise as a global information space, we need to link the data embedded in documents, databases, spreadsheets and wherever else it might be lurking. Linking data using new web standards will create an information fabric that will be even more powerful than that which we experience at the moment.” …