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5 April 2007
Open Data bits
Posted by Paul Miller at April 5, 2007 12:03 PM
As I turn my thoughts to XTech papers and WWW2007 panels, two snippets of recent Open Data goodness rise to the top of the pile as worthy of sharing here.
For your delectation, delight, and weekend reading, I offer a paper from PLoS ONE, Sharing Detailed Research Data is Associated with Increased Citation Rate. Thanks to Peter Suber for the heads-up on that one, with Peter remarking that;
“Many studies have shown a correlation between OA articles and citation impact. I believe this is the first study to document a similar correlation between OA data and citation impact. Spread the word to colleagues who are still hoarding data, waiting too long before releasing it, or unable to see any gain for themselves in data sharing.”
Then there's a long blog post from Michael Bergman, 'Did you Blink? The Structured Web just arrived.' In his post, Michael takes a detailed look at dbpedia,
“the first and largest source of structured data on the Internet covering topics of general knowledge. You may have not yet heard of dbpedia, but you will. Its name derives from its springboard in Wikipedia. And it is free, growing rapidly and publicly available today.”
Both are well worth some of your time.
Technorati Tags: dbpedia, open data, PLoS ONE, Semantic Web, SWEO, Talis, W3C, Web 3.0, WWW2007, XTech2007
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