Dear Karen,

I think that "how extensible RDF is" would be a very good topic.  I'm 
not talking about the theoretical extensibility of RDF, but how to do it 
in a practical manner.  That is, if you have a role, or some other 
relationship, for example, and you want to use it.  Linked Data provides 
a facile way to assert one's own value/entity/resource so long as it is 
asserted so that others can readily learn what you mean, by publishing 
it so that it is HTTP acceesible.

This issue, for me, has come up on a number of occasions, but the most 
recent convo I had about this was on the BIBFRAME listserv.  I do hope 
it is OK that I trot this out here:

http://listserv.loc.gov/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind1308&L=bibframe&T=0&X=1419B34D33AC66F564&P=6617

Yours,
Kevin




On 09/01/2013 12:37 PM, Karen Coyle wrote:
> I'm thinking about training needs around linked data -- yes, that
> includes basic concepts, but at the moment I'm wondering what specific
> technologies or tasks people would like to learn about? Some obvious
> examples are: how to do SPARQL queries; how to use triples in databases;
> maybe how to use Protege (free software) [1] to create an ontology.
> Those are just a quick shot across the bow, and from my basically
> non-techie point of view. Please add your own.
>
> If you can't say it in terms of technology, it would be as good (if not
> maybe better) to say it in terms of what you'd like to be able to do (do
> searches, create data... )
>
> This is very unscientific, but I think it's a worthwhile conversation to
> have, and maybe can help get some ideas for training.
>
> kc
> [1] http://protege.stanford.edu/
>