LinDA Workshop echallenges2014 - Linked Open Data for EU SMEs:The case of Media Industry by Cinzia Rubattino and Francesco Molinari

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Linked Open Data for EU SMEs –
The case of Media Industry
Cinzia Rubattino, PIKSEL, Italy
Francesco Molinari,
mail@francescomolinari.it

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http://lod-cloud.net/

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A strong case for the big players (1)

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A strong case for the big players (2)

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But also for the smaller ones…
France Spain
GermanyUK http://www.blastingnews.com

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http://www.newz.nl

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http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes
http://www.bbc.co.uk/music

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http://notube.tv/

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http://www.vistatv.eu

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http://www.axes-project.eu/

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http://data-art.net/mapline/

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What about the EU media SMEs?
Regional broadcaster, with a mission
of reporting about daily events,
political debate and sports
To demonstrate the potential of the
LinDA workbench to provide
advanced tools for investigative
journalism
Goal of the
media pilot in
LinDA

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Activities workflow

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Pilot descriptions
• Two scenarios identified:
– Scenario A – Adding data mashups and
analytics to the toolbox of investigative
journalists (and potentially, citizens-
reporters)
– Scenario B – Tapping into the knowledge
reservoir of Post Production Scripts (media-
rich and detailed storyboards supporting
programme broadcasting)

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Scenario A
• Topics of interest
– Advanced analysis over data from multiple
sources,
– Interconnection of georeferenced
information to other parameters as well as
international datasets,
– Preparation of infographics and creation of
higher‐end multimedia communication tools,
and
– Integration of LINDA tools in the daily
routine of journalistic work – as well as the
supporting (standard) IT infrastructure
Aim: to support investigative journalists engaged in
evidence search, collection and commenting/reporting.

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Scenario B
• Topics of interest
– Migration of existing Post Production Scripts
in rdf format
– Advanced management of multimedia
content items (esp. music score and video
clips)
– Collection of HTML & plain text from WWW
and staff authoring, and
– Integration of LINDA tools in the daily
routine of journalistic work – as well as the
supporting (standard) IT infrastructure
Aim: to facilitate the retrieval of information stored in
previously recorded audio/video clips through mining of
Post Production Scripts.

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Additional business cases
Examples of investigative journalism applications using the
LinDa workbench
• International comparison of the quality of universities worldwide
– An orientation service for students wanting to move abroad
– Including location related aspects (logistics, job opportunities, individual grants etc.)
• Reconstruction of where aid money goes to
– Possible clients: public/private donors and international organisations (e.g. OECD,
World Bank)
– Sensitive issue but with huge political impact
• A Dbpedia of patents worldwide
– Integrating text and visual information
– Potentially extended to public domain solutions
– Documented interest by a local SME in the patent attorney business

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Conclusion and outlook
• Proofs of concept and early implementations out by end
2014
• “Food for thought” both for the technology and the business
developers
• Call for action to other media players (esp. small TV
stations)
• Open issue: integration of other existing tools:
– Into the LinDA workbench
– Into the TTNews pilot case

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Thanks for your attention
Further information and follow-up contacts:
• Cinzia Rubattino, Piksel Spa, Italy
– cinzia.rubattino@piksel.com
• Francesco Molinari
– mail@francescomolinari.it
http://linda-project.eu/