[esip-semanticweb] FYI: Linked Data pBook launch

[Tilmes, Curt (GSFC-6190)]

A new book on Linked Data has been released:

Linked Data: Structured data on the Web
David Wood, Marsha Zaidman, Luke Ruth, and Michael Hausenblas
Foreword by Tim Berners-Lee

http://www.manning.com/dwood/#linkeddata

Through Feb 7, 2014, if you use the code "pbrlinkd", you can buy the book for 43% off.

Some more info:

"Linked Data presents the Linked Data model in plain, jargon-free language to Web developers. Avoiding the overly academic terminology of the Semantic Web, this new book presents practical techniques using everyday tools like JavaScript and Python.

The current Web is mostly a collection of linked documents useful for human consumption. The evolving Web includes data collections that may be identified and linked so that they can be consumed by automated processes. The W3C approach to this is Linked Data and it is already used by Google, Facebook, IBM, Oracle, and government agencies worldwide.

Linked Data presents practical techniques for using Linked Data on the Web via familiar tools like JavaScript and Python. You'll work step-by-step through examples of increasing complexity as you explore foundational concepts such as HTTP URIs, the Resource Description Framework (RDF), and the SPARQL query language. Then you'll use various Linked Data document formats to create powerful Web applications and mashups.

Written to be immediately useful to Web developers, this book requires no previous exposure to Linked Data or Semantic Web technologies."

>From Tim BL's Foreword:
"Linked Data: Structured data on the Web the book is just what Linked Data the technology has needed. It is a friendly introduction to the use and publication of structured data on the World Wide Web. "

Curt

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