LODUM: Linked Open Data University of Münster

LODUM: Linked Open DataUniversity of Münster

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Carsten Keßler | carsten.kessler@uni-muenster.de | @carstenkessler

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© OpenStreetMap and contributors, CC-BY-SA

University of Münster3

• 15 faculties• ~37.000 students• ~5.000 staff• 500+ professors• 250 degree courses

• 212 buildings across Münster

University of Münster3

• 15 faculties• ~37.000 students• ~5.000 staff• 500+ professors• 250 degree courses

• 212 buildings across Münster

• Provide scientific and educational data as Linked Open Data

• Increase transparency and visibility• Foster transdisciplinary research• Interlinking 5+3 Ps:

•People, publications, projects, prices, patents (→CRIS)•Properties, places, periods

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LODUMLinked Open Data

University of Münster

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What about the library?

© Philip Bechler, CC-BY

Library

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Library CRIS

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Library CRIS

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Library CRIS

Courses

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Library CRIS

Courses

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Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

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Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

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Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

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Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

Busstops

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Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

Busstops

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Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

Busstops

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Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

Busstops

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Brasil

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Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

Busstops

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MapsBrasil

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Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

Busstops

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MapsBrasil

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Bio-topes

Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

Busstops

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MapsBrasil

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Bio-topes

Inter-views

Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

Busstops

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MapsBrasil

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Bio-topes

Inter-views

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Library CRIS

Courses

Build-ings

Busstops

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MapsBrasil

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Bio-topes

Inter-views

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Planetology

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• Looking for reference data in Iceland

Planetology

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• Looking for reference data in Iceland

Planetology

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• Looking for reference data in Iceland

Planetology

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• Looking for reference data in Iceland

Query• by theme• spatially / temporally

Planetology

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• Looking for reference data in Iceland

Query• by theme• spatially / temporally

Resultshttp://ulb.uni-muenster.de/maps/aerial/…http://ifgi.uni-muenster.de/data/musil/…http://dbpedia.org/resource/Iceland…

Planetology

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• Looking for reference data in Iceland

Query• by theme• spatially / temporally

Resultshttp://ulb.uni-muenster.de/maps/aerial/…http://ifgi.uni-muenster.de/data/musil/…http://dbpedia.org/resource/Iceland…

State of affairs•Development work is advancing (with 4 student assistants)•http://data.uni-muenster.de to be launched soon!•Establishing contacts to other universities → Linked Universities•Special issue in Semantic Web Journal: Linked Data for Science and Education•Evaluating funding opportunities & writing proposals

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Almost done…

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Thanks! Visit us at lodum.de

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LODUMLinked Open Data

University of Münster