A Lightning Talk at DevXS2011

1. Christopher Gutteridge
@cgutteridge
Datageek

2. Christopher Gutteridge
@cgutteridge
University of
Southampton, Linked Open Data
Architect

3. Christopher Gutteridge
@cgutteridge
University of
Southampton, Linked Open Data
Architect
Gardener

4. RDF
WTF?

12. URL

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URL

14. “Simon Phipps”
“Christopher Gutteridge” “SteveLee”
“ OggCamp”

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“Christopher Gutteridge” “SteveLee”
http://id.ecs.soton.ac.uk/person/1248
http://oggcamp.org/#oggcamp2011
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http://purl.org/prog/attendee
http://oggcamp.org/#oggcamp2011
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32. "If HP knew what HP knows, we'd be three times
more profitable."
Lew Platt
32

33. Where else?
• Oxford
• Edinburgh
• Open University
• Bristol
• Lincoln
• Edinburgh
• Leeds
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34. Where else?
• Oxford • Müenster, Germany
• Edinburgh
• Open University
• Bristol
• Lincoln
• Edinburgh
• Leeds
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35. Where else?
• Oxford • Müenster, Germany
• Edinburgh • Tsinghua, China
• Open University
• Bristol
• Lincoln
• Edinburgh
• Leeds
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36. Transparency
+
Utility
36

37. • How much did the University spend on Taxis in
December 2011?
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38. • Where am I going?
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39. • Where am I going?
• How can I get there?
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40. • Where am I going?
• How can I get there?
• Where do I get coffee on the way?
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41. Excel (via RDF direct from
email) application
Google
Docs
Map (KML)
“Triple Store”
(database)
Spreadsheet (CSV)
Database
RDF Document Web Page
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42. Datasets
• Buildings and Places • Bus Stops & Routes
• Points of Service • Teaching Rooms &
• Menus and Prices Facilities
• Publications • Payments over £500
• Programmes & Modules • …
No research data?
…Not yet, that’s a different shape problem to
organisational data!
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43. Data Sources
• Buildings and Estates • MUD
• Transport Office • BANNER
• Catering • Syllabus+
• Nuffield Theatre • EPrints & EdShare
• Student Helpers • UniStats
• Finance
• Romanse (Bus Times)
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44. Crowd-Sourcing
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45. Colin-Sourcing
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