[open-development] FW: [LinkInfo4Dev] Linked data example published

[Rufus Pollock]

Very interesting Tariq. I've stubbed a package:

<http://ckan.net/package/global-hunger-index>

Rufus

PS: you can preview the XLS using the new CKAN preview functionality
... (n3 is obviously text so preview isn't that useful!)

On 9 February 2011 09:15, Tariq Khokhar <tariq.khokhar at devinit.org> wrote:
> Folks,
>
> I¹m cross-posting this here for those who aren¹t on the LinkInfo4Dev list.
>
> There's also a blog post summarising the work at:
>
> http://thegiraffe.wordpress.com/2011/02/09/linked-data-experiment/
>
> With kind regards,
>
> Tariq
>
>
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> From: Chris Addison <c.addison at cgiar.org>
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> Date: 9 Feb 2011 07:19:36 +0100
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> Subject: [LinkInfo4Dev] Linked data example published
>
> Dear Colleagues
>
> As a result of the meeting in London Tim Davies has worked with us on
> publishing the Global Hunger Index as a linked data set and described the
> process.
>
> See http://data.ifpri.org/rdf/ghi/ for the data explanation and files.
>
>
> I would also like to post an entry to the giraffe blog if people feel the
> following is suitable (Hugo I have sent you a version with hyperlinks, but
> this doesn¹t display in DGROUPS).
>
> LINKED DATA EXPERIMENT
> Linked data - the machine readable web, as the inventor of the Web Tim
> Berners Lee explains here is the next layer of the web. He developed a five
> star rating to describe information which is fully compliant with the
> semantic web and allows it to become part of the growing web of linked data.
> In the recent discussion paper IKMemergent explained why this was relevant
> for the international development community.
>
> As a result of participation in the IKMemergent Workshop in London in
> November IFPRI has taken the Global Hunger Index (GHI) as an example and
> published it as a linked data RDF files and documented the experience. We
> worked with Practical participation to develop the initial files and seek
> guidance on the options and approaches for publishing linked data. This is
> the first stage of the project to make the data available and then monitor
> its use and look at ways to promote and integrate it with more datasets.
>
> Groups have already used the original data of the GHI to produce new
> mappings of the data, see the examples from Tableau and Chartsbin. By
> publishing the linked data we hope others will integrate the information
> with other visualizations and disseminate the results of the report.
> Linked data has already been used by the international community to bring
> together different datasets, for example comparing Aid from the UK and USA.
> The process of initially setting up a process to publish linked data sets is
> involved, but obviously with a recurring dataset such as the Global hunger
> Index it is easy to update.
>
> The process is involved with four core elements 1)Choice of formats- Tim
> chose two SCOVO and an RDF data cube model 2)Initial conversion from a CSV
> file to far more verbose RDF file done with the use of a free online tool,
> 3)The identification of key authorities for countries and 4)The related
> provenance and process texts. The whole process is described in the
> documentation.
>
> Although the datasets prove challenging to convert, information on many of
> any organisations other outputs such as publications and presentations is
> already available in Linked data form. For example the hundred or so
> wikipedia pages featuring links and descriptions of IFPRI output are already
> part of the web of linked data through Dbpedia. A sample of metadata
> describing IFPRI presentations, collections and twitter accounts can be seen
> through Sindice.
>
> Get the data
> At present the GHI 2010 data is made available in two different forms and is
> available in raw RDF/XML and N3 files. http://data.ifpri.org/rdf/ghi/
>
>
> regards
>
> Chris
>
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