Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-24 Thread Leigh Dodds
Hi, On 23 August 2011 15:17, Gannon Dick gannon_d...@yahoo.com wrote: Either Linked Data ecosystem or linked data Ecosystem is a dangerously flawed paradigm, IMHO.  You don't improve MeSH by flattening it, for example, it is what it is. Since CAS numbers are not a directed graph, an

Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-24 Thread David Wood
On Aug 24, 2011, at 2:44, Leigh Dodds leigh.do...@talis.com wrote: Hi, On 23 August 2011 15:17, Gannon Dick gannon_d...@yahoo.com wrote: Either Linked Data ecosystem or linked data Ecosystem is a dangerously flawed paradigm, IMHO. You don't improve MeSH by flattening it, for example, it

Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-24 Thread Leigh Dodds
Hi, On 24 August 2011 15:40, David Wood da...@3roundstones.com wrote: On Aug 24, 2011, at 2:44, Leigh Dodds leigh.do...@talis.com wrote: Hi, On 23 August 2011 15:17, Gannon Dick gannon_d...@yahoo.com wrote: Either Linked Data ecosystem or linked data Ecosystem is a dangerously flawed

Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-24 Thread Damian Steer
On 24 Aug 2011, at 15:40, David Wood wrote: On Aug 24, 2011, at 2:44, Leigh Dodds leigh.do...@talis.com wrote: Hi, On 23 August 2011 15:17, Gannon Dick gannon_d...@yahoo.com wrote: Either Linked Data ecosystem or linked data Ecosystem is a dangerously flawed paradigm, IMHO. You don't

Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-24 Thread David Wood
On Aug 24, 2011, at 8:01, Damian Steer d.st...@bristol.ac.uk wrote: On 24 Aug 2011, at 15:40, David Wood wrote: On Aug 24, 2011, at 2:44, Leigh Dodds leigh.do...@talis.com wrote: Hi, On 23 August 2011 15:17, Gannon Dick gannon_d...@yahoo.com wrote: Either Linked Data ecosystem or

Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-23 Thread Patrick Durusau
David, On 8/22/2011 9:55 PM, David Booth wrote: On Mon, 2011-08-22 at 20:27 -0400, Patrick Durusau wrote: [ . . . ] The use of CAS identifiers supports searching across vast domains of *existing* literature. Not all, but most of it for the last 60 or so years. That is non-trivial and should

Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-23 Thread John Erickson
This is an important discussion that (I believe) foreshadows how canonical identifiers are managed moving forward. Both CAS and DUNS numbers are a good example. Consider the challenge of linking EPA data; it's easy to create a list of toxic chemicals that are common across many EPA datasets.

Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-23 Thread Patrick Durusau
John On 8/23/2011 9:05 AM, John Erickson wrote: This is an important discussion that (I believe) foreshadows how canonical identifiers are managed moving forward. Both CAS and DUNS numbers are a good example. Consider the challenge of linking EPA data; it's easy to create a list of toxic

Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-23 Thread Gannon Dick
(was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW) To: public-lod@w3.org Date: Tuesday, August 23, 2011, 8:05 AM This is an important discussion that (I believe) foreshadows how canonical identifiers are managed moving forward. Both CAS and DUNS numbers

Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-23 Thread Gannon Dick
--- On Tue, 8/23/11, Patrick Durusau patr...@durusau.net wrote: The fact remains that even if we switched (miraculously) today to all new URI identifiers, we will be accessing literature using prior identifiers for a very long time. I suspect hundreds of years. Somewhere around 1890, I think,

CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-22 Thread David Wood
Hi all, On Aug 19, 2011, at 06:37, Patrick Durusau wrote: Case in point, CAS, http://www.cas.org/. Coming up on 62 million organic and inorganic substances given unique identifiers. What is the incentive for any of their users/customers to switch to Linked Data? Well, for one thing, CAS

Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-22 Thread Patrick Durusau
David, On 8/22/2011 7:39 PM, David Wood wrote: Hi all, On Aug 19, 2011, at 06:37, Patrick Durusau wrote: Case in point, CAS, http://www.cas.org/. Coming up on 62 million organic and inorganic substances given unique identifiers. What is the incentive for any of their users/customers to

Re: CAS, DUNS and LOD (was Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW)

2011-08-22 Thread David Booth
On Mon, 2011-08-22 at 20:27 -0400, Patrick Durusau wrote: [ . . . ] The use of CAS identifiers supports searching across vast domains of *existing* literature. Not all, but most of it for the last 60 or so years. That is non-trivial and should not be lightly discarded. BTW, your

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-19 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, One more attempt. The press release I pointed to was an example that would have to be particularized to a CIO or CTO in term of *their* expenses of integration, then showing *their* savings. The difference in our positions, from my context, is that I am saying the benefit to

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-19 Thread Kingsley Idehen
On 8/19/11 6:37 AM, Patrick Durusau wrote: Kingsley, One more attempt. The press release I pointed to was an example that would have to be particularized to a CIO or CTO in term of *their* expenses of integration, then showing *their* savings. Yes, and I sent you a link to a collection of

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-19 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, Correction: I have never accused you of being modest or of not being an accountant. ;-) Nor have I said the costs you talk about in your accountant voice don't exist. The problem is identifying the cost to a particular client, say of email spam, versus the cost the solution for

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-19 Thread Patrick Logan
As fascinating as this discussion is, maybe the two of you want to work it out directly and then report back with a summary? Speaking as just one subscriber's data point, of course, I'm... -Patrick On Fri, Aug 19, 2011 at 7:41 AM, Patrick Durusau patr...@durusau.net wrote: Kingsley,

Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, Your characterization of problems is spot on: On 8/18/2011 9:01 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: snip Linked Data addresses many real world problems. The trouble is that problems are subjective. If you have experienced a problem it doesn't exist. If you don't understand a problem it

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Kingsley Idehen
On 8/18/11 10:25 AM, Patrick Durusau wrote: Kingsley, Your characterization of problems is spot on: On 8/18/2011 9:01 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: snip Linked Data addresses many real world problems. The trouble is that problems are subjective. If you have experienced a problem it doesn't

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, From below: This critical value only materializes via appropriate context lenses. For decision makers it is always via opportunity costs. If someone else is eating you lunch by disrupting your market you simply have to respond. Thus, on this side of the fence its better to focus

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Kingsley Idehen
On 8/18/11 1:40 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote: Kingsley, From below: This critical value only materializes via appropriate context lenses. For decision makers it is always via opportunity costs. If someone else is eating you lunch by disrupting your market you simply have to respond. Thus, on

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, Here are some hard numbers on integration of data benefits: Future Integration Needs: Emerging Complex Data - http://www.informatica.com/news_events/press_releases/Pages/08182011_aberdeen_b2b.aspx */Integration costs are rising/* -- As integration of external data rises, it

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Kingsley Idehen
On 8/18/11 2:03 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote: Kingsley, Here are some hard numbers on integration of data benefits: Future Integration Needs: Emerging Complex Data - http://www.informatica.com/news_events/press_releases/Pages/08182011_aberdeen_b2b.aspx */Integration costs are rising/* -- As

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, On 8/18/2011 1:52 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: On 8/18/11 1:40 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote: Kingsley, From below: This critical value only materializes via appropriate context lenses. For decision makers it is always via opportunity costs. If someone else is eating you lunch by

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, On 8/18/2011 2:25 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: On 8/18/11 2:03 PM, Patrick Durusau wrote: Kingsley, Here are some hard numbers on integration of data benefits: Future Integration Needs: Emerging Complex Data -

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Bob Ferris
Just an example from practise: http://blog.seevl.net/2011/08/18/about-json-ld-and-content-negotiation/ near the end of this blog post: ... Then, we save costs. - that's it! ;) Cheers, Bo

Re: Cost/Benefit Anyone? Re: Vote for my Semantic Web presentation at SXSW

2011-08-18 Thread Patrick Durusau
Kingsley, Citing your own bookmark file hardly qualifies as market numbers. People promoting technologies make up all sorts of numbers about what use of X will save. Reminds me of the music or software theft numbers. They have no relationship to any reality that I share. It's been enjoyable