This document discusses the Guardian News & Media's use of linked data and the semantic web to tag and connect their content. It notes that their content is now tagged with identifiers like ISBNs and MusicBrainz IDs to link related entities. It also discusses the increasing availability of government linked open data and how this can be used to provide additional context for news stories. The document advocates for making the Guardian's content accessible through consistent and open APIs and linking to outside datasets to enrich content.

1. news:rewired - Linked data and the semantic web Martin Belam Information Architect, Guardian News & Media December 2010

4. Our content model relies on tags... ...which are not anywhere near as boring as you think Keywords Contributor Series Publication Tone Article Video Audio Gallery Cartoon Tags Content Keywords

5. Every piece of content carries a selection of hand-picked tags

6. Now our tags are entering the world of linked data

7. Our book reviews carry ISBNs

8. And our content API can be queried by ISBN http://explorer.content.guardianapis.com/

9. Our artist tag pages have MusicBrainz IDs associated with them

10. And the API can be queried by MusicBrainz ID

11. So this piece of content has an ISBN and a MusicBrainz ID associated with it

12. Where do we go next? Where can we get the most linked data for the least effort? What will be used in the real world?

13. Why XML and JSON? (Don't panic - this is as techie as I'm going to get...)

14. "What I think is most important is that we provide consistent, RESTful, predictable, persistent hooks into Guardian.co.uk content, in as many ways as possible, with the right licence for re-use" - Martin Belam, Nodalities blog

15. And you can't please all of the people...

16. Sometimes only some of the data is free

17. For news organisations, linked data isn't just about publishing Photograph of Topeka Capital Journal printing press by Marion Doss http://www.flickr.com/photos/ooocha/2869488840/

18. We are facing an onslaught of state data

19. The UK Government is releasing it in a linked data format using RDF and SPARQL

20. And providing permanent references to transport infrastructure, schools and maps

21. Linked data about MPs

22. Legislation as data

23. The Charities Act 1993, as it stands legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/10/contents

24. The Charities Act 1993, as it stood legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/10/contents/ enacted

25. The Charities Act 1993, as it will be legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1993/10/contents/ 2011-06-01

26. It is still all about the story Photograph of Story Telling in a Boston Public Library http://www.flickr.com/photos/ooocha/2869488840/

27. Finding out more? guardian.co.uk/info/developer-blog

28. Finding out more? blogs.talis.com/nodalities

29. Finding out more?