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Hi Andre,

Yes sure. I would suggest you to reach some mail from the mailing list here.

However, no FRBR concept have been integrated in BIBO so far. But this is something that will probably be done in the future.

Thanks!

Fred

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Thanks for the detailed description of this great project! Could you please explain how it is related to the FRBRoo (http://cidoc.ics.forth.gr/frbr_inro.html) ontology?

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Hi Mr. Moss,

In the book “The Wars” by Timothy Findley,

I would warmly recommend you to read this wonderful book by a Canadian writer that done the WWII.

Thanks,

Take care,

Fred

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Hi!,

The concept of linked data is to have a easy, quick and effective way to link data from these data sources; and then to leverage the resulting linkage for the benefit of all.

Take care,

Fred

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Hi,

Yes it consumed all your links; Eventually we could add an option so that bloggers can choose what icon to put where. The Wordpress plugin for zLinks is “on ice” for now (no new development planned).

However, it should be upgraded soon (comming weeks/months) because of some work with are doing on other projects. Also zLinks will be re-invented with a new incarnation at some point in time.

This plugin is still working, but the problem is the poorness of the rdf (linked data) available for most of the links (it is why not much is shown when you over most of your icons).

However, we are working on this problem

Thanks!

Take care,

Fred

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What page did u get that quote from. It’s pretty deep and i’d like to know!!

J. Moss

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From what I know about the subject, I am pretty sure that proving the Riemann Hypothesis does not endanger public key encryption scheme based on the difficulty of factoring large prime numbers. RH is a rather esoteric question regarding the behavior of the non-trivial zeros of the Reimann Zeta function, which arose from the consideration of the question: is there a function that tells us “how many” prime numbers there are less than some given number.

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Data is a resource, and those who can tap into it properly reap huge rewards. For instance, the vital statistics on publicly traded companies can be found at site like:

http://www.stockmarketquotelist.com

but yet people still be on floundering investments like Washington Mutual common shares. They are the first to get wiped out.

If linking data means the use of open source software, mysql can provide the platform to combine one program with another.

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You know, with this system I feel like i will be able to keep an organized and readable journal. Thanks a lot.

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Hi Ramanthan,

No it is not; it just changed a bit
You can search this blog for “DataViewer” for more information about this project.

You can now access it here: http://dataviewer.zitgist.com

Happy browsing!

Take care,

Fred

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Is this project closed? I have not seen any action on this from Aug 2007 - 1 year by now.

A revival or availability (or the new address if any) would be helpful for my research on Semantic Web.

Thanks for the understanding.

With warm regards
S Ramanathan (Ram)

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My first Victoria Holt book was Mistress of Mellyn in 1963. I was 11 and totally hooked! I gave the book to a classmate to read and we did a short skit about the book for the class. Our teacher asked me for the book to read. The next day she said to me “you kept me up all night reading that book”. I was still reading her books in my twenties and now that I am in my mid-fifties I have begun to reread them. After all these years it is great to know that people are still discovering her writing and falling under the magic spell her romances create for the reader. Thank you Victoria Holt for a lifetime of enjoyment!

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another thing:
adding dcterms:created could be cool - add some time and date to the posts.
changing dc:title with sioc:

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Hi Carsten,

Sorry for the delay but the comment slipped away in the flood of spam comments

They are planned to be released in the coming weeks
So just stay tuned and you will have access to them!

Thanks,

Take care,

Fred

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Hi Fred, any plans when the UMBEL endpoints will become available? Right now, it says “NOTE: Actual endpoints are not yet available. Endpoints and further technical documentation are forthcoming shortly.”

Best,

Carsten

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Hi,

Well sure that the value of data is just about what people do with it. It is why it has a “quality” characteristic: quality data and quality linkage will add more value than poor data and poor linkage.

Private data “live” with the open web; but it is limited to its owner. By this I mean that private data can be linked with public data and still remain private. This is one of the thing we are doing at Zitgist for example: we help companies to link internal data with public data to increase their internal value.

Finally, it is sure that I do agree that everybody would benefit from total open data(all databases open to everybody). However, I doubt this is realistic and I doubt this will even happen of my living. However, incredible value can be created with Linked Data principles (data open or not).

Thanks!

Take care,

Fred

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Of course, Elseviers data would be that much more useful if it was open. Linked Data doesn’t need to be open, but it definitely is limited in its use if it doesn’t live on the open web. With exceptions (e.g. intelligence), data by itself is only as useful as what people do with it. Data should be treated as a platform and not of something with innate value

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Hi Bruce,

Sorry, but I don’t agree with you here
First, I doubt that the “value” of linked data is proportional to the number of links.

We have to keep in mind that there is an essential characteristics in play here: Quality of links. Not all links are equal.

Also, I doubt that openness means quality; particularly in the data realm.

Also we have to consider that the best data sources are there are private: all big companies such as the BBC, Elsevier, Gouvernments around the World, Agencies such as the FBI and the CIA, and so on, and so on. I doubt any of these entities will ever completely make their databases openly available for many reasons.

However, can they benefit from Linked Data as we defined it? Certainly!

So, does Linked Data needs openness to be valuable? Not for me.

Thanks!

Take care,

Fred

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True, but given that the value of linked data is proportional to the number of links, openness would seem to be a necessary prerequisite to realizing the possibilities of the linked data vision.

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Hi,

first of all I like to thank you for this great work you’ve done. These days I’m writing my thesis which is about annotation for bibliographic references in HTML documents with COinS, unAPI, Microformats, eRDF and RDFa (in German). All the time I ask myself why there isn’t a proper Ontology describing the subject. And here you are, right in time. So thanks!
I’m glad to hear that Zotero is interested in the use of the ontology. So this is a great approach concerning to your ideas on Zotero and the semantic web. I also thought about working on an Zotero exporter, which creates a RDFa markup for a specific citation style, so that everybody can publish semantic references in their HTML documents. But this is not so easy for me, because I’m not a computer scientist but a librarian and not that familiar with Javacript.
So anyway I like your work and I try to spread your word in the German library 2.0 community.

Cheers! (Sorry for bad spelling)

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Hi David!

No I don’t, but you can easily convert the N3 version in XML using this wonderful tool by Joshua:

http://rdfabout.com/demo/validator/

I hope this helps

Take care,

Fred

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Nice work! Do you offer an OWL file (xml format) as well?

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BIBO is Boffo…

The Foundational Bibliographic Ontology is Released
After a year of diligent effort, Frédérick Giasson and Bruce D’Arcus have just announced the release of the Bibliographic Ontology. The Bibliontology, or BIBO for short, is a much anticipa…..

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Hi Mr. Sequeda,

“I agree. But imagine making a recommending system for music. With UMBEL, the whole taxonomy exist, so I don’t have to make this.”

Exactly: this is the goal At least, the upper musical concepts should be in UMBEL so that one can extend from there (to more domain specific concepts)

“my concern is how to connect my ontology to UMBEL. Can concepts be added to UMBEL?”

What is you ontology? The UMBEL technical document will talk at length about how one can link external ontologies classes to umbel subject concept.

But I am wondering if you are talking about such classes or new OpenCyc concepts?

“To follow on my previous comment, is the Music Ontology already connected to UMBEL?”

Not yet, but this will come. Currently only a couple have been linked for testing and demonstration purposes. However MO and other ontologies will be linked soon.

Tahnks!

Take care,

Fred

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Hi Fred

Thanks for your clarification. Its definitely clearer now.

Thanks!

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