[pd-discuss] Entering the Public Domain in 2013

Tue Oct 30 14:09:53 UTC 2012

Sorry, the correct link is:
http://www.uebertext.org/2012/10/querying-dbpedia-to-find-public-domain.html

Adrian

On 30 October 2012 15:07, Adrian Pohl <adrian.pohl at okfn.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Hello,
>
> I played around with querying DBpedia for this kind of information and
> wrote down my experiences here:
> http://www.uebertext.org/2012/10/using-dbpedia-to-find-public-domain.html
>
> I think it makes sense to use SPARQL to get this information. I made a
> query[1] that already delivers 102 persons who died in 1942 and have
> most probably published at least one written work. The query has to be
> improved though to cover all the people who have published stuff.
> Maybe I'll find some time for this next week.
>
> All the best
> Adrian
>
> [1] http://dbpedia.org/sparql?default-graph-uri=http%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org&query=PREFIX+dbpedia-owl%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fontology%2F%3E%0D%0APREFIX+dct%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fpurl.org%2Fdc%2Fterms%2F%3E%0D%0APREFIX+foaf%3A+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fxmlns.com%2Ffoaf%2F0.1%2F%3E%0D%0A%0D%0ASELECT+DISTINCT+%3Fperson+%7B%0D%0A%7B+%3Fperson+a+dbpedia-owl%3AScientist+%7D%0D%0A++++UNION%0D%0A++++%7B+%3Fperson+a+dbpedia-owl%3AWriter+%7D%0D%0A++++UNION%0D%0A++++%7B+%3Fperson+a+dbpedia-owl%3APhilosopher+%7D%0D%0A++++UNION%0D%0A++++%7B+%3Fperson+a+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fclass%2Fyago%2FAmericanAnthropologists%3E+%7D%0D%0A++++UNION%0D%0A++++%7B+%3Fperson+dct%3Asubject+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FCategory%3AGerman_poets%3E++%7D%0D%0A++++%3Fperson+dct%3Asubject+%3Chttp%3A%2F%2Fdbpedia.org%2Fresource%2FCategory%3A1942_deaths%3E+.+%0D%0A%7D&format=text%2Fhtml&timeout=0&debug=on
>
> On 29 October 2012 11:50, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org> wrote:
>> And we could put the results here:
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_in_public_domain
>>
>> Cf.
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_in_public_domain
>>
>> J.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:47 AM, Jonathan Gray <jonathan.gray at okfn.org>
>> wrote:
>>>
>>> This might be handy:
>>>
>>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:1942_deaths
>>>
>>> J.
>>>
>>> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 10:04 AM, Sam Leon <sam.leon at okfn.org> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Dear All,
>>>>
>>>> Like most years we want to get together a list of interesting figures
>>>> whose work will be entering the public domain next year (2013).
>>>>
>>>> I've booted a spreadsheet [1] which we can all begin populating with the
>>>> authors whose published works will enter the public domain in the UK in 2013
>>>> (70 years after the death of author).
>>>>
>>>> We plan to feature this list on the Public Domain Review and use it as a
>>>> point of reference for the collections and articles we get in 2013.
>>>>
>>>> All the best,
>>>> Sam
>>>>
>>>> [1]
>>>> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Al6mO9_3Hr2PdHJxTFNGSk0wWEdnY2FrMXNmSXlmU2c#gid=0
>>>>
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