3.000 € prize money for the most promising Linked Data applications
31.03.2010
Wolters Kluwer Germany and Semantic Universe sponsor Triplification Challenge 2010
Two tracks available
Participants can choose between an open track and a special Open Government Data track.
The open track sponsored by Wolters Kluwer Germany and Semantic Universe encourages submissions that fit into one or more of the following categories:
- novel data sets that are published as part of the Web of Data, according to Linked Data principles, and demonstrating potential benefit of use within applications;
- novel generic mechanisms, approaches, and technologies that convert certain types and formats of information into triples, interlink them to other data sets, and expose them as Linked Data;
- applications showcasing the benefits of Linked Data to end-users such as for information syndication, specialized search, browsing, or augmentation of content.
In the Open GOvernment Data track participants are to design and build a web application that makes use of open government datasets. Any dataset qualifies that is produced by any government in the world. These can i.e. relate to environmental data, cadastral oand geographic data, traffic data, historical data, public speeches, laws, demographics, election data, campaigning, corporate spending on political messaging etc. The source need not be any particular national government nor any particular level of government (local, state, provincial, federal, etc).
At least one source must adhere to the principles of Linked Open Data. Mashups of raw and linked data are allowed and welcome.
The submission deadline for both tracks is 18 May 2010.
All submissions will be reviewed by an international program committee from industry and academia electing two winners in the open track and one winner in the Open Government Data track.
For detailed information on the Triplification Challenge visit
http://i-semantics.tugraz.at/triplification-challenge
The award ceremony will take place at I-SEMANTICS, the 6th International Conference on Semantic Systems, taking place from 1 -3 Sepetmber 2010 in Graz / Austria which is held concurrently with I-KNOW, the 10th International Conference on Knowledge Technologies. For details about the conferences go to http://i-semantics.tugraz.at
The 2010 Triplification Challenge is organized by an international consortium consisting of Juan Sequeda (University of Texas at Austin), Bernhard Schandl (University of Vienna), Sören Auer (University of Leipzig), Ivan Herman (World Wide Web Consortium) and Tassilo Pellegrini (Semantic Web Company Vienna).