Presentation to Data.gov PMO Semantic Web/Linked Data Team Dr. Brand Niemann Director and Senior Data Scientist Semantic Community July 27,

Overview 1. Data Catalogs 2. Digital Libraries 3. FedStats.gov and FedStats.net 4. Information Sharing of Trusted Reference Knowledge in a Dynamic Knowledge Repository 5. Semantic Community Sandboxes 6. Data.gov Detail Requested 7. Data Journalism 2

1. Data Catalogs Product: EPA's Guide to Selected National Environmental Statistics in the U.S. Government (1993) – Interagency Metadata Format, Link to Actual Data, and Sample Graphic of That Data – Lead to Digital Libraries in Next Section Purpose: The Five things in Title - Guide, Selected, National, Environmental Statistics, U.S. Government Technology: Folio Author Once - Publish Multiple Ways (Paper, Diskette, and Web Service) – Still at and Goal: Become a Bureau for Environmental Statistics (like the Bureau of Labor Statistics) – Got to be a Center for Environmental Statistics. – Got to help start the National Biological Service (Department of Interior) for its first three years. Recognition: EPA Bronze Medal 3 Note: This presentation uses a standard metadata format like catalogs should!

2. Digital Libraries Products: Biological Resources (1994), Sustainable Development Indicators and Industrial Ecology (2001), State of the Environment and Federal Statistics (1994), Indicators (2002), and Community Programs (2002) – Pioneered Electronic Publishing of Large Documents with Data - Lead to Publishing Federal Statistics in Next Section Purpose: Support the Council on Environmental Quality and the Interagency Working Group on Sustainable Development Technology: Same Folio – LivePublish Author Once - Publish Multiple Ways – Folio to Next Page to Fast Search and Transfer to Microsoft (Bing). Now Rocket Software NXT4 Goal: Federated Content Network (like Socrata wants to do for Data.gov!) Recognition: Exceptional Performance Awards from DoI and USGS 4

3. FedStats.gov and FedStats.net Products: One Stop for Federal Statistics (1997) and Distributed Content Network for Annual Statistical Abstract (1998) Purpose: As part of the Administration's efforts to achieve improved customer service and greater efficiency throughout the Federal government, FedStats will benefit both Federal agencies and the public in reducing the amount of time and effort necessary to locate data ( Technology: Open Source Web Page System and NXT4 – Also MapStats: United States - To view a profile of your State, county, city, congressional district, or Federal judicial district, select the name of the State from the menu or use the map of the United States ( ) – Note: now at and Goal: Official Federal statistics are now much easier and faster to find, thanks to a new World Wide Web site unveiled today by the Clinton Administration (1997); and the Annual Statistics Abstract (about 40 chapters and about 1500 data sets) are available in a distributed content network (looks like it is in one place but is physically distributed across multiple Web servers so the content is maintained by its stewards) (1998). Recognition: Gore Hammer Award for Reinventing Government 5

4. Information Sharing of Trusted Reference Knowledge in a Dynamic Knowledge Repository Products: CIO Council's XML Web Services Working Group (August 2002-September 2003) and Semantic Interoperability Community of Practice (SICoP) ( ) – Keep the Data (structured and unstructured) and Metadata (ontology) Together in the Knowledgebase in Cloud Computing Tools - Led to Pioneering the Use of Semantic Wikis in Government in Next Section Purpose: Support Semantic Wiki Pilots, Semantic Technologies & Interoperability, Enterprise Architecture, Data Architecture, and Data Reference Model 2.0 and 3.0 Technology: Same Folio – LivePublish Author Once - Publish Multiple Ways – Still at and Goal: Share Trusted Reference Knowledge in a Dynamic Knowledge Repository in Support of Multiple Communities of Practice Recognition: Federal Quad Council and Federal CIO Council 6

5. Semantic Community Sandboxes Products: Semantic Community Sandboxes 2010 and 2011 – Take the Data (and metadata) Directly to Information Modeling and Mashup Tools Where We Then Can Apply Stronger Semantic Analytics Tools (Semantic Community Knowledge-Centric Systems) and Data Science Products – Led to Request for Data.gov Detail in Next Section Purpose: New Community Infrastructure Sandboxes, A Gov 2.0 Platform for Open Government with Data Science (Aneesh Chopra Challenge), and Putting Your Desktop in the Cloud in Support of the Open Government Directive (OGD) and a Data.gov/Semantic (Vivek Kundra Challenge), Getting to the 5 stars of Linked Open Data (Tim Berners-Lee Challenge), RPI/TWC Data Science (Peter Fox) and Semantic eScience (Deborah McGuiness) Class Assignments, and Harvard Leadership for a Networked World Invited Practitioner (Jerry Mechling) Technology: Deki Wikis (40) to the MindTouch Technical Communication Suite ( and Goal: Pilot Data.gov for the Federal CIO Council's Governance Subcommittee Using the Previous Annual Statistical Abstract Work (April 10, 2009) and Complete All of the OGD Requirements (March 13, 2010) with over 50 Data Science Products for the US EPA and the World Community Recognition: Data.gov Detail Requested 7

6. Data.gov Detail Requested Products: Activities and Deliverables Reported in s to Sonny Bhagowalia. David McClure, and Data.gov Team and in Eight Federal Computer Week Editorials (December 2010-present) – Purpose: “We (data.gov) are interested in working with you (Sonny Bhagowalia, December 7, 2010).” – EPA Management Did Not Support Request, But I Did It On My Own the Past Six Months ( Technology: MindTouch Technical Communication Suite (Open Source) and Silver Spotfire (Free Faceted Search Web Browser and Linked Open Data Tool) Goal: Recreate Data.gov and Many Semantic Web/Semantic Technology Applications the “Semantic Community Way” as Data Science Products Recognition: Spotfire's Twitter list for cool visualizations on government data to produce more transparent, open and collaborative business analytics applications

7. Data Journalism Products: Data Science for Data Journalism Purpose: Launch AOL Government July 12, 2011 – Technology: MindTouch Technical Communication Suite, Silver Spotfire, and Blogsmith Goal: Become the world’s foremost data journalist Recognition: First Data Journalist Hired by AOL Government 9

Questions and Answers Sound Byte: The W3C GLD WG & Data.gov SW/LD Team are ending up where I started with Federation of Statistical Data 20 years ago! – Dr. Brand Niemann Director and Senior Data Scientist Semantic Community – – 10