BBC (via last.fm)

(By Frank van Harmelen)

Two very good write-ups on how the BBC is now using Semantic Web technologies (RDF) and Linked Open Data (MusicMoz) in earnest:

A good general story, by BBC’s Tom Scott. One of the most convincing stories why a large organisation that doesn’t care about Semantic Web technology per-se is turning to adopt it, just because it makes its own mission easier and more effective.

Also, Marc Hibbins has on his blog a bit more techie explanation of how the Beeb’s Artist Pages (in beta since July’08) work. Not only is the BBC using public data, they’re also publishing it back on the web again (take the URL of any artists BBC page, put “.rdf” at the end, and check out what happens, check out e.g. this one). See the same blog-entry for good pointers to more material on this great Semantic Web use-case.

Tags: BBC, linked open data

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