Semantic Web at ONS
I’m giving a series of talks with Paul Richards at ONS exploring what the semantic web is, and what it means to ONS.
Here’s the prezi we use, but halfway through, Paul shows a BIS application then gives a great demo using the Talis platform and constructing a SPARQL query on the fly.
I have to admit that the more I describe Linked Data, the more the inherent contradictions come home to me. I suspect that proponents should stop talking about grand but unrealisable visions, and focus on some narrow but deep practical applications.
We have yet to figure out how best to represent statistical data in this emerging world, hopefully some of my colleagues responsible for producing statistics will step forward and help.
Leave a Reply