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On Apr 25, 2014 6:59 AM, "DCMI Announce" <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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> *DCMI/ASIS&T Joint Webinar*
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> *:: Title:* *"How to pick the low hanging fruits of Linked Data"*
> *:: Presenters:* Seth van Hooland & Ruben Verborgh
> *::* *Date:* Wednesday, 21 May 2014
> *::* *Time:* 10:00am EDT (World Clock: 14:00 UTC http://bit.ly/1qLSeq1)
> *::* *Registration:*
> http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DCMI_Handbook/webinars#vanHooland
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>
> *ABOUT THE WEBINAR:*
>
> The concept of Linked Data has gained momentum over the past few years,
> but the understanding and the application of its principles often remain
> problematic. This webinar offers a short critical introduction to Linked
> Data by positioning this approach within the global evolution of data
> modeling, allowing an understanding of the advantages but also of the
> limits of RDF. After this conceptual introduction, the fundamental
> importance of data quality in the context of Linked Data is underlined by
> applying data profiling techniques with the help of OpenRefine. Methods and
> tools for metadata reconciliation and enrichment, such as Named-Entity
> Recognition (NER), are illustrated with the help of the same software. This
> webinar will refer to case-studies with real-life data which can be re-used
> by participants to continue to explore OpenRefine at their own pace after
> the webinar. The case-studies have been developed in the context of the
> handbook "Linked Data for Libraries, Archives and Museums", which will be
> published by Facet Publishing in June 2014 (
> http://www.facetpublishing.co.uk/title.php?id=9641&category_code=102).
>
> *PRESENTERS:*
>
> *Seth van Hooland* is an assistant professor at the Université libre de
> Bruxelles (ULB), where he leads the Master in Information Science. After a
> career in the private sector for a digitization company, he obtained his
> PhD in information science at ULB in 2009. He is currently teaching a
> special course on linked data at the Information School of the University
> of Washington. He is also active as a consultant for both public and
> private organizations.
>
> *Ruben Verborgh* is a researcher in semantic hypermedia at Ghent
> University – iMinds, Belgium, where he obtained his PhD in computer science
> in 2014. He explores the connection between semantic web technologies and
> the web's architectural properties, with the ultimate goal of building more
> intelligent clients. Along the way, he has become fascinated by linked
> data, REST/hypermedia, web APIs and related technologies. He is the
> co-author of a book on OpenRefine and several publications on web-related
> topics in international journals.
>
> *For more information and to register, visit the event webpage:*
> http://wiki.dublincore.org/index.php/DCMI_Handbook/webinars#vanHooland
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