Michael Knapp, PhD Managing Director
Data.gov is way cool!
One Integrated Repository. Data.gov RDF
OWL Develop a Semantic Ontology.
RDF Data Structure. Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc. Ammonia Stack Air Emission Fugitive Air Emission 3,875 lbs14,930 lbs Uses Chemical Release Amount
Begin with Spatial Aggregation.
Use Factoids to Simplify Data.
Drill into U.S. Cancer Data.
What’s Working?
55 Million RDF Triples!
“ Ease of Adding Data.
Data with no place identifiers. ?
Enforce a Consistent Vocabulary!
Scrubbing the data.
User Comments Help Flag Data.
User Generated Factoids. There are ____ ____ in Los Angeles. (number) (plural noun)
Time Issue Organization Individual Show Multiple Facets.
Catalog all of Data.gov.
Development Team: + YOU
The most exciting thing about the Semantic Web is not what we can imagine doing with it, but what we can't yet imagine it will do. - Tim Berners Lee and Eric Miller October 2002