Introduction Slides for Linked Data for Development (LD4D) Tutorial, held at WSSF2013 in Montreal Canada

1. Linked Data for Development
Tim Davies, Christophe Gueret, Victor de Boer

2. LD4D at ISWC2012

3. Big to small data
• Linked Open Development
– Transparancy
• Knowledge sharing in rural, developing areas

4. Three sessions
• Part 1:
– Introduce Linked Open Data
– Critical Sociological perspectives on LD
– Examples in the International Development field
• Part 2:
– Why Linked Data for Development
– Bringing the Semantic Web and Linked Data to the Base of the Pyramid
• Relevancy
• Infrastructure and connectivity
• Interfaces
– IATI as Linked Data
– Voice-based access to Market data in the Sahel
– Distributed data sharing: OLPC and ERS
• Part 3: Handson session!