[okfn-coord] Fwd: Sponsorship for open data and semantic web workshop

[Jonathan Gray]

Hi all,

Just to let you all know, Talis have agreed to sponsor the Semantic
Web workshop this autumn. Great news!

Jonathan

On Mon, Aug 24, 2009 at 3:02 PM, Leigh Dodds<leigh.dodds at talis.com> wrote:
> Hi Jonathan, Rufus,
>
> We'll happily sponsor the workshop and the work you outlined for
> £1000. What's your usual route for receiving donations/sponsorship and
> I'll set the wheels in motion.
>
> One thing that I hope that we can achieve as part of the LOD dataset
> registration on CKAN is completing the prototype I did to load the
> CKAN data into the Platform. IIRC Rufus wanted to port the Ruby code I
> wrote into Python so you could regularly reload the data. There was
> also some additional work required at your end to make the relevant
> URIs resolve.
>
> Cheers,
>
> L.
>
> 2009/8/18 Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>:
>> Dear Leigh,
>>
>> Many thanks for your email!
>>
>> On Tue, Aug 11, 2009 at 12:48 PM, Leigh Dodds<leigh.dodds at talis.com> wrote:
>>> Yes we'd be interested in becoming an official sponsor for the workshop.
>>
>> Brilliant!
>>
>>> Do you have an estimate of the level of sponsorship you need for the
>>> two activities you mention?
>>
>> I've consulted with our board, and we estimate £1000 should cover the
>> registration of a critical mass of LOD datasets on CKAN, as well as
>> Jordan's expenses.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Warm regards,
>>
>> --
>> Jonathan Gray
>>
>> Community Coordinator
>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>> http://www.okfn.org
>>
>>
>>
>>> 2009/8/6 Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>:
>>>> Hi Leigh,
>>>>
>>>> You may have seen our blog post on the 'Open Data and the Semantic
>>>> Web' workshop this autumn:
>>>>
>>>>  http://blog.okfn.org/2009/08/05/open-data-and-the-semantic-web-workshop-london-13th-november-2009/
>>>>
>>>> I wondered whether Talis might be interested in becoming an official
>>>> sponsor/partner for the workshop?
>>>>
>>>> In particular we're currently seeking funds to:
>>>>
>>>>  * ensure Jordan Hatcher can come along to speak about legal tools
>>>> for open data (the ODbL, PDDL, ...);
>>>>  * register a critical mass of LOD datasets and other semantic web
>>>> open data on CKAN in preparation for the workshop.
>>>>
>>>> What do you think? Is this something that Talis might potentially be
>>>> interested in?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Jonathan Gray
>>>>
>>>> Community Coordinator
>>>> The Open Knowledge Foundation
>>>> http://www.okfn.org
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Leigh Dodds
>>> Programme Manager, Talis Platform
>>> Talis
>>> leigh.dodds at talis.com
>>> http://www.talis.com
>>>
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>
>
> --
> Leigh Dodds
> Programme Manager, Talis Platform
> Talis
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>



-- 
Jonathan Gray

Community Coordinator
The Open Knowledge Foundation
http://www.okfn.org