Time slot:
15 January 14:30 - 15:15
Room:
CrossFunctional Room
Track:
Building Sites and Systems
Experience level:
Intermediate Presenter(s):
David Peterson
The Australian War Memorial is connecting and enriching online archives and collections toward building a platform for telling history. Through Drupal 7 and Linked Data, the Memorial is developing tools that designers, researchers and historians can use to help find new ways of building historical narratives.
During this session I will also demonstrate some real-world Drupal modules built to leverage Linked Data along with early prototypes and examples of how we are using Drupal 7 as a practical publishing tool for the Semantic Web.
Come listen & see how this work is unfolding inside one of Australia’s major collecting institutions.
Hmm, didn't work for me I'm afraid
While I learned from this session it didn't seem focused to me and I became a bit lost as the presenter jumped around. I thought that there would be some more info about the work the AWM does as well.
Mind-opening stuff
Came into the session not knowing what to expect. David unravelled a lot of the mystery around the semantic web, competing standards / taxonomies and linking data into Drupal. A+
Telling Stories Indeed
Possibly the most powerful new concept that I gained during this conference. Its potentially very valuable for my organisation, which has yet to achieve the level of data sharing and integration that this offers.
Great overview of the semantic web, and how we can start using it.
Particularly liked hearing about the land grab by larger organisations around the semantic space.