Open Data on the Web

What are the technical problems with using open data? Are there current technologies that could and should be standardized? What technical approaches are emerging as best practices? Can Linked Data play nicely with other formats? These are the broad questions that were addressed in a workshop jointly organized by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), the Open Data Institute and the Open Knowledge Foundation, hosted by Google right in the heart of London’s Tech City of Shoreditch in April. Phil Archer will present a summary of the topics discussed and how it is likely to affect future standards work at W3C.