1. Government Linked Data Sandro Hawke, W3C eGovernment Activity Lead @sandhawke W3C AC Meeting March 22, 2010
This is just a generic slide set. Should be adapted, reviewed, possibly with slides removed, for a specific event. Rule of thumb: on the average, a slide is a minute…

2. The Opportunity (and Problem)
Governments are starting to release their data!

3. We start with US: data.gov

4. US Federal Agencies...

5. Some Recent Examples Dept. Interior
Natural Resource Volunteer Opportunities
Federal National Recreation Sites
Dept. Agriculture
MyPyramid Food Raw Data
Census of Agriculture Race, Ethnicity and Gender
Dept. Transportation
Child Passenger Safety Ease of Use Ratings
Tire Quality Grading System (4200 Ratings)

6. US States...

7. Countries... + New Zealand, The Netherlands, France,
Sweden, Spain, Austria, Denmark, ...

8. It's XML, CSV, XLS, and KML
...from a million governments!

9. So how do you integrate this?

10. Semantic Web Linked Data

11. Third Party Translations

12. Governments Using Linked Data

13. Design Patterns URIs (using 303s, /TR/cooluris)
Versioning
Maintaining historical data
Named graphs
Provenance
Where data came from
How it's been handled

14. Access For Developers Linked Data API Maintain your RDF database
Expose it via RDF GET
Expose it via SPARQL
Expose it via RESTful APIs (JSON/XML)
Expose it via Web Pages
Linked Data is cost effective solution

15. It's possible, with the right technology.