The power of Linked Open Data in NYC

1. SemTechBizNYC
Oct 16, 2012
Joel Natividad
joel.natividad@ontodia.com
@jqnatividad

2. CROWDKNOWING
Human-powered,
Machine-accelerated,
Collective Knowledge Systems

3. 3.0
Grand Prize Winner
April 17, 2012

4. March 31, 2011

5. Semantic
Open Data Federator

6. Semantic
Metadata Repository

7. “Smarter City” Platform

8. Story about
NYC Open Data

10. The
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12. Local
Law
11,
§
23-­‐505:
“ ...publishing of public data sets in raw
or unprocessed form through a single
web portal by city agencies for the
WHY
NYC?
NYC’s purpose of making public data available
to the greatest number of users and for
Landmark the greatest number of applications and
shall, whenever practicable, use open
Open
Data
standards for web publishing and e-
”
government.
Law
Mar
7,
2012

13. Tech
Residents
Media
Tourists
Bioscience
Visitors
Fashion
Governments
Edutech
NGOs
Industrial
Researchers
Financial Services

15. NEW YORK CITY S
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25. DEMO

26. What if you can mashup
any NYC Open Data Set?

27. “Smarter City” Platform

28. Open Data
is the Killer App
of Linked Data

29. Linked Data
is the Killer App
of Open Data

30. Big
Data

31. Big
Data

32. Big
Data
DATA SCIENCE

33. Big
Data
LINKED
DATA
DATA SCIENCE

34. Data Wrangling

35. Data Wrangling
Big Boss

36. Data Wrangling
Big Boss
D ATA

37. Data Wrangling
Data Wranglers
Big Boss
D ATA

38. Data Wrangling
Data Wranglers
Quants Big Boss
D ATA

39. How can we minimize,
if not eliminate
Data Wrangling?

40. “
At great expense, each of the largest
PITCH
securities companies collected data
independently. Worse (for them but
not for me), they were practically
relying on abacuses and slide rules,
or the modern equivalents, such as
small handheld calculators, to
manipulate that information. I could
provide a far more sophisticated
system at a fraction of the price.
”

41. Data Wrangling

42. Data Wrangling
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43. Answers from Human-
Raw Data Usable
Developer 6-Star
Accessible Data

44. Answers from
Raw Data

45. Answers from Human-
Raw Data Usable
Developer 6-Star
Accessible Data

46. Human-
Usable

47. Human-
Usable

48. Human-
Usable

49. Answers from Human-
Raw Data Usable
Developer 6-Star
Accessible Data

50. Developer
Accessible

51. Answers from Human-
Raw Data Usable
Developer 6-Star
Accessible Data

52. 6-Star
Data

53. 6-Star
Data

54. 6-Star
Data

55. Answers from Human-
Raw Data Usable
Developer 6-Star
Accessible Data

62. Mobile Apps
Desktop Apps
Website
= Analytics
Feed

63. Desktop Apps
Mobile Apps
Apps are a
Analytics
Website
specialized
Feed
=
perspective/
bundling of Data
=

64. Text Pub
XML SOA API
Sub
CSV
Excel

65. Text Pub
XML SOA API
Sub
CSV
Excel

66. Spaghetti Architecture

67. Text Pub
XML SOA API
Sub
CSV
Excel

68. LQRA P S
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Text Pub
XML SOA API
Sub
CSV
Excel

69. ANSWERS
LINKED
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Text Pub
XML SOA API
Sub
CSV
Excel

70. ANSWERS
LINKED
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Text Pub
XML SOA API
Sub
CSV
Excel

71. DEMO

72. LEGEND: UPGRADING BUILT BUILDING
ANSWERS
LINKED
T T
T T T
T
Text Pub
XML SOA API
Sub
CSV
Excel

73. Hans Rosling
Shows the best stats you've ever seen
February 2006

75. ... that “Search Function”
and something for the everyday user

76. Semantic
Web

77. PUBLIC

79. Tech Media Bioscience Fashion Edutech Industrial Financial Services
Residents Tourists Visitors Governments NGOs Researchers
RIVER OF DATA
data is the lifeblood of the
post-industrial age

80. We need your help & feedback
Find out more at
ontodia.com & pediacities.com
joel.natividad@ontodia.com
@jqnatividad
Invitation-only access to NYCBigApps 2012 entrants
Launching First Half 2013

81. CREDITS
• Tim Berners-Lee highlight from TED (http://www.ted.com/talks/
tim_berners_lee_on_the_next_web.html)
• “Team Roping Williams” taken from virginvagabonds.com
• Hans Rosling highlight from TED (http://www.ted.com/talks/
hans_rosling_shows_the_best_stats_you_ve_ever_seen.html)
• “Garden of Data” imagery taken from presentations provided by
Hans Rosling & Anna Rosling Rönnlund of gapminder
• several images taken from NYC.gov & NYCEDC properties
• DataGotham logo provided by Hilary Mason
• Various screenshots provided by Revelytix, Spry Inc. and Ontodia, Inc.