Intro to W3C and Linked Open Data Part of the Sunday opening ceremony presentation on October 7, 2012

1. KESW 2012
Daniel Hladky, NRU HSE/W3C Russia
Future Web
Tranforming the
Web together
October 7, 2012

2. A NEW WAVE of
TRANSFORMATIONS
Just as the Web has
transformed
everything…
…It will transform
everything again
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3. Let’s do some voting

4. 5 Star Pyramid of Open Data
(Dr M. Hausenblas, DERI)

5. Follow-Your-Nose

6. Data.gov (Open Data Sets)
and Mashups

7. E.g. Chicago - https://data.cityofchicago.org/
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8. World Wide Web Consortium
• More than 350 Members (only 3 from Russia)
• Web ecosystem: users, developers, browsers, etc.
• Staff in US (MIT), France (ERCIM) and Japan (Keio)
• W3C Russia Office hosted by NRU HSE
• Open Standards, Royalty Free
W3C Core Team (67 people)

9. How it works at W3C
• Public Infos (royalty free) at:
• W3C.ORG
• Working Groups
• HTML5/CSS
• RDF/RDFa/SPARQL
• WebTV, ePub
• ..(60+ active WG)
• Business Groups
• Oil & Gas
• Automotive
• Community/Incubator Groups
• eGov
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10. How can you participate?
Many ways to make an impact and contribute:
• Membership in W3C
• Sponsorship of W3C programs
• Business Groups
• Community Groups
• Participation in public Workshops/Working groups
• Many other Events, Training

11. • To Lead the Web to its full potential
• To Anticipate the Trends
• To Increase your company value
Join W3C
http://www.w3.org/Consortium/join
Daniel Hladky
Deputy Director W3C Office Russia Transforming the Web together
Phone: +7-(495)-436 0245 | Mobile: +41-79-3535043
E-m ail: dhladky@w 3c.org.ru | W: w 3c.org.ru
Skype: daniel.hladky
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