20141030 LinDA Workshop echallenges2014 - Media Pilot

Workshop 8d, 30th October 2014 eChallenges e-2014 Copyright 2014 LinDA project

Linked Open Data for EU SMEs –The case of Media Industry

Cinzia Rubattino, PIKSEL, Italy

Francesco Molinari, [email protected]


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A strong case for the big players (1)


A strong case for the big players (2)


But also for the smaller ones…France Spain

GermanyUK http://www.blastingnews.com


http://www.newz.nl


http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmeshttp://www.bbc.co.uk/music


http://notube.tv/


http://www.vistatv.eu


http://www.axes-project.eu/


http://data-art.net/mapline/


What about the EU media SMEs?

Regional broadcaster, with a mission of reporting about daily events,

political debate and sports

To demonstrate the potential of the LinDA workbench to provide

advanced tools for investigative journalism

Goal of the media pilot in

LinDA


Activities workflow


Pilot descriptions

• Two scenarios identified:

– Scenario A – Adding data mashups and analytics to the toolbox of investigative journalists (and potentially, citizens-reporters)

– Scenario B – Tapping into the knowledge reservoir of Post Production Scripts (media-rich and detailed storyboards supporting programme broadcasting)


Scenario A

• Topics of interest– Advanced analysis over data from multiple

sources,– Interconnection of georeferenced

information to other parameters as well as international datasets,

– Preparation of infographics and creation of higher‐end multimedia communication tools, and

– Integration of LINDA tools in the daily routine of journalistic work – as well as the supporting (standard) IT infrastructure

Aim: to support investigative journalists engaged in evidence search, collection and commenting/reporting.


Scenario B

• Topics of interest– Migration of existing Post Production Scripts

in rdf format– Advanced management of multimedia

content items (esp. music score and video clips)

– Collection of HTML & plain text from WWW and staff authoring, and

– Integration of LINDA tools in the daily routine of journalistic work – as well as the supporting (standard) IT infrastructure

Aim: to facilitate the retrieval of information stored in previously recorded audio/video clips through mining of Post Production Scripts.


Additional business cases

Examples of investigative journalism applications using the LinDa workbench• International comparison of the quality of universities worldwide

– An orientation service for students wanting to move abroad– Including location related aspects (logistics, job opportunities, individual grants etc.)

• Reconstruction of where aid money goes to– Possible clients: public/private donors and international organisations (e.g. OECD,

World Bank)– Sensitive issue but with huge political impact

• A Dbpedia of patents worldwide– Integrating text and visual information– Potentially extended to public domain solutions– Documented interest by a local SME in the patent attorney business


Conclusion and outlook

• Proofs of concept and early implementations out by end 2014

• “Food for thought” both for the technology and the business developers

• Call for action to other media players (esp. small TV stations)

• Open issue: integration of other existing tools:– Into the LinDA workbench– Into the TTNews pilot case


Thanks for your attention

Further information and follow-up contacts:

• Cinzia Rubattino, Piksel Spa, Italy– [email protected]

• Francesco Molinari– [email protected]

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20141030 LinDA Workshop echallenges2014 - Media Pilot