<div>On 15 March 2010 15:31, Chris Lowis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:chris.lowis@gmail.com">chris.lowis@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:</div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div class="im">On 15 March 2010 11:19, Anthony Green <<a href="mailto:Anthony.Green@bbc.co.uk">Anthony.Green@bbc.co.uk</a>> wrote:<br>
> According to reports [us] Linked data is one of the next big things for the<br>
> web: <a href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8555987.stm" target="_blank">http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/8555987.stm</a> and the Python and<br>
> PHP communities have already stolen a march on us with several toolsets<br>
> written in both languages.<br>
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</div>Arto Bendiken and Ben Lavender's RDF.rb library[1] looks promising -<br>
I've been meaning to have a good look at it, so could perhaps give a<br>
short talk on that as part of a RDF-themed LRUG. April might be a bit<br>
short notice to prepare though.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div><div>I like this idea (mmmmmm, themes, mmmm....), but my one worry is that when we had a Linked Data talk last year (see <a href="http://lrug.org/meetings/2009/05/19/june-2009-meeting/">http://lrug.org/meetings/2009/05/19/june-2009-meeting/</a> and video <a href="http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/ajax-ria/rdf-in-rails">http://skillsmatter.com/podcast/ajax-ria/rdf-in-rails</a>) my feeling from pub chatter was that people just weren't sure *why* or *where* they should do Linked Data. I'm not against returning to topics (and it was a year ago), but I think we'd need something more structured than a gentle intro which is what we got last time (no disservice meant to Patrick, it's a good intro - I just want more now).</div>
<div><br></div><div>Anyway I can see use in one talk going over the various libraries that are available for generating LinkedData, rather than several talks each about a different library as unless the speakers collaborate I imagine there'd be lots of duplication. But what I'd really like to see/hear about is a good case study of using Linked Data, either as a consumer or a producer. I imagine most Linked Data sites might do a bit of both. That's what I'm lacking in my understanding.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Finally, I hear people talking about Open Data a lot, is this the same as Linked Data, something else entirely?</div><div><br></div><div>Muz<br></div></div><div><br></div></div></div>