PRELIDA:An introduction

Carlo MeghiniISTI CNR, Pisa

Preserving Linked Data

DigitalPreservation

LinkedData

need

need

Outline

• PRELIDA– Objectives– Expectations of the Commission– Your role

• This Workshop• The Future

Outline

• PRELIDA– Objectives– Expectations of the Commission– Your role

• This Workshop• The Future

PRELIDA

PREserving LInked DAta• FP7 Coordination and support action• ICT-2011.4.3 Digital Preservation• Start date: January 1st, 2013• Duration: 24 Months• Funding: 770k

Beneficiaries

• Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche– Carlo Meghini (Coordinator)

• Alliance for Permanent Access– David Giaretta

• University of Huddersfields– Grigoris Antoniou

• Universitaet Innsbruck– Dieter Fensel

Beneficiaries

• Europeana Foundations– Antoine Isaac

• STI International– Alice Carpentier

PRELIDA

• Data economy• Linked Data movement– need to preserve Linked Data

• Digital preservation– needs Linked Data– faces new challenges by Linked Data

• So far, little or no interaction between the two communities

Objectives

Bridge the LD and DP communities for• making the LD community aware of the

existing DP results• making the DP community aware of the

challenges posed by LD– intrinsic features of Linked Data, including their

structuring, interlinking, dynamicity and distribution.

Objectives in detail

• collect, organize and publish use cases related to the long-term access to LD

• create a comprehensive state of the art on LD and DP technologies

• set up a technology observatory• bring together scientists and stakeholders for

identifying relevant challenges and paths for addressing them in the near future

• draw attention of standardization bodies

Expectations of the Commission

Obtain statements on the importance of preserving LD by key persons– e.g. Tim Berners Lee

so as to raise awareness at the highest political levels in the Commission

Your role

Resources to achieve the objectives:• Working Group, that is you – stakeholders– academia– companies– std bodies

Tools

• Workshops– 3 of them

• On-line platform– Communication & Collaboration

• Dissemination activities– portal– workshop reports or proceedings– links with relevant projects & organizations– summer schools

What we expect you to do

• Detailed agenda forthcoming (end of June)• Working Group– Membership– Agenda– Review (end 2013)

What we expect you to do

• Workshops– This workshop

• present results, projects, ideas• discuss others’ results, projects, ideas• contribute to the final report

– Midterm workshop (spring 2014)• Help defining the scientific structure • Participate and contribute

– Consolidation & dissemination workshop (end 2014)• Same as above

What we expect you to do

• Use cases– provide or help us getting relevant use cases– collaborate in organizing the use cases

• Technology observatory– suggest relevant initiatives

• State of the art– initial (end 2013)– consolidated (end 2014)

What we expect you to do

• Roadmap– analysis of limitations of DP for preserving LD (Feb.

2014)– initial roadmap (Aug. 2014)– consolidated roadmap (end 2014)

• Standardization– suggest what std should be affected how

• Summer School (Oct. 2014)– suggest structure, lecturers

• Dissemination

The global picture

Outline

• PRELIDA– Objectives– Expectations of the Commission– Your role

• This Workshop• The Future

This Workshop

• Today: PRELIDA and Diachron• Tomorrow: your presentations• Thursday: panel

Outline

• PRELIDA– Objectives– Expectations of the Commission– Your role

• This Workshop• The Future

The Future

• Enjoy PRELIDA