For a bit more in depth material, I often point folks at the EUCLID Project
<http://www.euclid-project.eu/>

~Richard.


On 4 September 2013 15:30, Owen Stephens <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> Just a recommendation for a source of information - I've found
> http://linkeddatabook.com/editions/1.0/ very useful especially in
> thinking about the practicalities of linked data publication and
> consumption in applications
>
> Owen
>
> Owen Stephens
> Owen Stephens Consulting
> Web: http://www.ostephens.com
> Email: [log in to unmask]
> Telephone: 0121 288 6936
>
> On 4 Sep 2013, at 15:13, "Akerman, Laura" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Karen,
> >
> > It's hard to say what "basics" are.  We had a learning group at Emory
> that covered a lot of the "what is it", including mostly what you've listed
> but also the environment (library and cultural heritage, and larger
> environment), but we had a harder time getting to the "what do you do with
> it".... which is what would really motivate and empower people to go ahead
> and get beyond basics.
> >
> > Maybe add:
> >
> > How do you embed linked data in web pages using RDFa
> > (Difference between RDFa and schema.org/other microdata)
> > How do you harvest linked data from web pages, endpoints, or other modes
> of delivery?
> > Different serializations and how to convert
> > How do you establish relations between different "vocabularies" (classes
> and properties) using RDFS and OWL?
> > (Demo) New answers to your questions enabled by combining and querying
> linked data!
> >
> > Maybe a step toward "what can you do with it" would be to show (or have
> an exercise):
> >
> > How can a web application interface with linked data?
> >
> > I suspect there are a lot of people who've read about it and/or have had
> tutorials here and there, and who really want to get their hands in it.
>  That's where there's a real dearth of training.
> >
> > An "intermediate level" workshop addressing (but not necessarily
> answering!) questions like:
> >
> > Do you need a triplestore or will a relational database do?
> > Do you need to store your data as RDF or can you do everything you need
> with XML or some other format, converting on the way out or in?
> > Should you query external endpoints in real time in your application, or
> cache the data?
> > Other than SPARQL, how do you "search" linked data?  Indexing
> strategies...  tools...
> > If asserting  OWL "sameAs" is too dangerous in your context, what other
> strategies for expressing "close to it" relationships between resources
> (concepts) might work for you?
> > Advanced SPARQL using regular expressions, CREATE, etc.
> > Care and feeding of triplestores (persistence, memory, ....)
> > Costing out linked data applications:
> >   How much additional server space and bandwidth will I (my institution)
> need to provision in order to work with this stuff?
> >   Open source, "free", vs. commercial management systems?
> > Backward conversion -transformations from linked data to other data
> serializations (e.g. metadata standards in XML).
> > What else?
> >
> > Unfortunately (or maybe just, how it is) no one has built an interface
> that hides all the programming and technical details from people but lets
> them experience/experiment with this stuff (have they?).  So some knowledge
> is necessary.  What are prerequisites and how could we make the burden of
> knowing them not so onerous to people who don't have much experience in web
> programming or system administration, so they could get value from a
> tutorial,?
> >
> > Laura
> >
> > Laura Akerman
> > Technology and Metadata Librarian
> > Room 208, Robert W. Woodruff Library
> > Emory University, Atlanta, Ga. 30322
> > (404) 727-6888
> > [log in to unmask]
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Code for Libraries [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Karen Coyle
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 04, 2013 4:59 AM
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [CODE4LIB] What do you want to learn about linked data?
> >
> > All,
> >
> > I had a few off-list requests for basics - what are the basic things
> that librarians need to know about linked data? I have a site where I am
> putting up a somewhat crudely designed tutorial (with exercises):
> >
> > http://kcoyle.net/metadata/
> >
> > As you can see, it is incomplete, but I work away on it when so
> inspired. It includes what I consider to be the basic knowledge:
> >
> > 1. What is metadata?
> > 2. Data vs. text
> > 3. Identifiers (esp. URIs)
> > 4. Statements (not records) (read: triples) 5. Semantic Web basics 6.
> URIs (more in depth) 7. Ontologies 8. Vocabularies
> >
> > I intend to link various slide sets to this, and anyone is welcome to
> make use of the content there. It would be GREAT for it to become an actual
> tutorial, perhaps using better software, but I haven't found anything yet
> that I like working with.
> >
> > If you have basics to add, please let me know!
> >
> > kc
> >
> >
> >
> > On 9/1/13 5:37 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/
> >>
> >
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