Linked data on the web (LDOW2008)

ABSTRACT

The Web is increasingly understood as a global information space consisting not just of linked documents, but also of Linked Data. More than just a vision, the resulting Web of Data has been brought into being by the maturing of the Semantic Web technology stack, and by the publication of an increasing number of datasets according to the principles of Linked Data.

The Linked Data on the Web (LDOW2008) workshop brings together researchers and practitioners working on all aspects of Linked Data. The workshop provides a forum to present the state of the art in the field and to discuss ongoing and future research challenges. In this workshop summary we will outline the technical context in which Linked Data is situated, describe developments in the past year through initiatives such as the Linking Open Data community project, and look ahead to the workshop itself.

References

1. Berners-Lee, T. Linked Data. 2006. http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html
2. Bizer, C., Cyganiak, R., Heath, T. How to Publish Linked Data on the Web. 2007. http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/pub/LinkedDataTutorial/
3. Sauermann, L., Cyganiak, R., Ayers, D., Völkel, M. Cool URIs for the Semantic Web. 2007. http://www.w3.org/TR/cooluris/

Index Terms

• Human-centered computing

  • Collaborative and social computing

    • Collaborative and social computing systems and tools

• Information systems

  • Information retrieval

    • Search engine architectures and scalability

      • Peer-to-peer retrieval

  • World Wide Web

    • Web applications

    • Web searching and information discovery

    • Web services

• Social and professional topics

  • Computing / technology policy

    • Government technology policy