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Thomas Thurner

I-Semantics Conference 2013 calls for industry submissions

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This year’s i-Praxis Track is running under the title „The linked enterprise – how linked open data revolutionize industry“.

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I-Semantics Conference invites presenters coming from industry, to submit to the iPraxis Call 2013. All accepted submission will be granted a presentation slot of 30 minutes within one of the largest conferences in Europe in the field of semantic systems and the Semantic Web.

The call is open –> get information and apply at i-semantics.tugraz.at

Submission Deadline: June 03, 2013
Notification of Acceptance: June 28, 2013
Submission of final PDF/PPT: August 23, 2013

 

Thomas Thurner

Quality energy data released: buildingsdata.eu celebrates International Open Data Day

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In advance of the 3rd International Open Data Day (http://opendataday.org/) on Saturday 23rd February 2013, BPIE has now made its online knowledge assets “open data ready” by enabling downloads in raw data CSV format, as well as in PDF form.

The comprehensive open data portal presents facts and figures collected in the context of BPIE’s ‘Europe’s Buildings under the Microscope’ study released end of 2011 (see http://bpie.eu/eu_buildings_under_microscope.html). It includes a wide variety of technical data never before collected EU-wide.

The raw data export covers now:

  • 29 European countries
  • 10 building types
  • up to 18 climatic zones per country
  • a total building stock floor area nearly equivalent to the size of Belgium

The Open Data Portal provides data and statistics on:

  • Building stock performance (energy consumption, envelope performance, energy sources);
  • Building stock inventories reflecting floor area, construction year, ownership profile;
  • National policies and regulation;
  • Financial schemes (333 in total).

English: Open Data stickersIn addition, the user can access country fact sheets and definitions.

The data will be improved on an on-going basis and over time, the hub will get enriched with additional topics and information generated through data exchange projects and research partnerships.

BPIE now invites other organisations to add their data to the portal and grow www.buildingsdata.eu into the comprehensive knowledge hub on the energy performance of  Europe’s building stock.

more information

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European Data Forum: Free Registration and Call for Contribution are open

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Time to plan for the European Data Forum 2013 in Dublin. The yearly meeting place for industry, research, policy makers, and community initiatives to discuss the challenges and opportunities of (Big) Data in Europe. Free Registration for the European Data Forum 2013 is now open. EDF also invites to submit proposials on to be held presentations addressing fundamental technical, application, socio-economic and policy-related topics related to Big Data management and analytics.

About the EDF

EDF aims to bring together all stakeholders involved in the data value chain to exchange ideas and develop actionable roadmaps addressing these challenges and opportunities in order to strengthen the European data economy and its positioning worldwide. The roadmaps will be offered as a contribution to the definition of research, development, and policy activities at the level of the European Union institutions and those of its member states. This years  edition of the EDF will be held in Dublin, Ireland on April 9-10, 2013. The program will consist of a mixture of presentations and networking sessions by industry, academics, policy makers, and community initiatives on topics ranging from research and technology development, to training and knowledge transfer, and commercialization. The EDF series is a joint activity of  the EC FP7 projects BIG, LOD2,  PlanetData, and TELEIOS, and is supported by the European Commission.

At a glance

Come to Dublin, Ireland
April 9 and  10, 2013

Register now for free
Event if this event is without sign-up fees, we ask for registration for planning purposes

Submit a presentation
The deadline for submissions is: 22nd Feb 2013, 02.00pm CET

Spread the word
LinkedIn Group: http://bit.ly/linkedin-EDF
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/EUDataForum
hashtag: #EDF2013

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Semantic Web driven tagging tool makes clean energy content searchable and findable!

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New reegle API will tag online resources automatically – and suggest related content.

A new cost-free tagging tool is now available to anyone who provides online resources in the clean energy field. This API (application programming interface), developed by the Semantic Web Company, will automatically tag documents and web content that cover renewable energy, energy efficiency and climate-relevant topics according to the well maintained Reegle’s Clean Energy and Climate Change Thesaurus. It can also suggest related documents from the growing pool of content that has already been indexed using the tool.

“Tagging” means that when integrated into a website, this API will automatically scan the site’s content and identify specific terms, concepts and geographic mentions and then apply tags to each so all resources connected with the site are searchable online.

“By automating the tagging process, we can help ensure that content is classified in a consistent way across the entire sector, based on our Clean Energy Thesaurus” notes Florian Bauer, Operations & IT Director of REEEP. “This will help make major depositories of existing information open and accessible, and help promote clean, low-carbon development in the process.”

In addition to tagging, the API can also make suggestions for related reading from the web resources already indexed, thus enriching the content of any website. “Sharing your own indexed resources with the API content pool can increase the outreach of your documents hugely,” recommends Denise Recheis, expert in knowledge management at reegle.

Try out service

The tool is available at http://api.reegle.info, where you can try out the API on the spot. Simply cut and paste a block of text, and a demonstration will show all of the concepts, terms and categories that the tool automatically generates.

Free API key

On this site, web developers can register to get a free API key for each project, with no limit on the number of keys. When logged in, the dashboard includes a request builder to help developers to build the necessary code. The service is available in five different languages: English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German. The API returns the formats RDF/XML and JSON.

About REEEP

The reegle tagging API project is a collaborative effort with NREL (OpenEI), weADAPT and IDS (eldis), and was made possible by support from the CDKN Innovation Fund. For further information about the reegle tagging API Reeep’s Thesaurus and Knowledge Manager Denise Recheis is available.