The Knowledge Hub(Linked Data in Local Government)

International Society for KnowledgeOrganisation (ISKO UK)

Stephen DaleDirector Semantix (UK) LtdAssociate Consultant LG Improvement & Development

An evangelist and practitioner in the use of Web 2.0technologies and Social Media applications tosupport personal self-development and knowledgesharing.

Steve was the business lead and informationarchitect for the community of practice platformcurrently deployed across the UK local governmentsector, the largest professional network of its type,and continues to play a key role in the support ofvirtual communities of practice for value creation inpublic services. Currently business lead and systemarchitect for the Knowledge Hub.

Stephen Dale (Steve)

Who I am

The Knowledge HubThe Knowledge Hub

Knowledge Bite

6 April 2010

What problem are we tryingWhat problem are we tryingto solve?to solve?

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Social and professional networks proliferateSocial and professional networks proliferate

Where do I find the informationon Ineed to do my job?

Partnerships and places library

Which communities and networks do Ineed to join?

Conversations areConversations aregetting moregetting more granulargranular

and increasinglyand increasinglydissagregateddissagregated

Data, data everywhere….

257 CLG data sets, otherswith local impact, for sure

more to come

Regional data observatories and LIS

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All kinds of locally held data

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But almost no connectivity

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✘MachineHuman

Data hidden behind apps or notin linked format

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Audit Commission National Indicator Set

Enough about the

problems….what’s the

solution?

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Knowledge Hub (Conceptual)

Communities ofPractice

Communities ofPractice

Mashup CentreMashup Centre

App StoreApp Store

Data Integration & AggregationData Integration & Aggregation

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Personalisation(Digital

Footprint)

Personalisation(Digital

Footprint)

Websites,Blogs, Twitter

Forms-based data entryfor benchmarkcomparisons

Dataset 1

Public Datasets

Plug-ins/Widgets

Apps, widgets,bookmarklets

Knowledge Hub Technology Stack

• Multi-source fetch / indexing• Federated search• Real-time results clustering• Automatic tag suggestions• Dataset visualisation /comparison• Linked Data

• Open API – Intelligus SDK• Open Social container• WSRP producer / consumer• Netvibes widgets / Googlegadgets• WebDAV

Open Architecture, Open Source..open,open , open…

Third PartyThird PartyIntegrationsIntegrations•Open Office•BI / Reporting•Workflow / BPM•NetVibes•Open Social•CalDAV•SalesForce•Vaadin

Web Service fortRemote Portlets

Semantically LinkedOnline Communities

Open Authentication

Web-based DistributedAuthoring andVersioning"

Agile Development Process

To summarise,it’s….

References

• http://sioc-project.org/• http://docs.oasis-open.org/wsrp/v2/wsrp-2.0-spec-os-01.html• http://www.opensocial.org/• http://openid.net/• http://oauth.net/• http://www.openauthentication.org/• http://www.openoffice.org/• http://www.webdav.org/• http://intelligusnet.pfiks.com/opencontent/default.asp• http://www.pfiks.com/opencontent/default.asp• http://www.communities.idea.gov.uk• http://www.local.gov.uk/lgv2/core/page.do?pageId=174022

Thank you and Questions

stephendale

steve.dale@semantix.co.uksteve.dale@gmail.com http://twitter.com/stephendale

http://steve-dale.net