Policy priorities for the UK and Europe

Westminster eForum Keynote Seminar
8 December, London

https://www.w3.org/2016/Talks/1208_phila_wef/

Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>

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Screenshot of the HTML 5.1 spec

Where it all began

Iconic diagram from front of original proposal

Tim's Browser for the NeXT

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The Web of Data

Linked Data uses the concepts and technologies of the Web to describe the world

http://philarcher.org/diary/2014/canyouexplainlinkeddata/

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screenshot of schema.org/Place, showing properties of this class

The Panama Papers

screenshot of UK Gov Register of country names

screenshot of UK Gov Register of registers

screenshot of EUPO Named Authority Lists

screenshot of Open Regsiters Spec

Horizontal Review

A series of brightly colour bars, annotated withthe words Internationalization, Accswsasibility, Trust and Privacy

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Big Data Europe

Big Data Europe block diagram, shows semantic layer

A college girl on her laptop in the park giving the thumbs up sign

screenshot of Proposed Rec for Data on the Web Best Practices

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Summary

Big Data is (usually) a collection of smaller datasets.
Your data increases in value if linked to other people's via the Web.
Data on the Web may be, but does not have to be, open.
Privacy and security are part of the Web Platform.
Policy: Follow W3C Data on the Web Best Practices to increase value and usefulness of your data

Summary

Big Data is (usually) a collection of smaller datasets.
Your data increases in value if linked to other people's via the Web.
Data on the Web may be, but does not have to be, open.
Privacy and security are part of the Web Platform.
Policy: Follow W3C Data on the Web Best Practices to increase value and usefulness of your data

https://www.w3.org/2016/Talks/1208_phila_wef/

Phil Archer <phila@w3.org>