An attempt to explain why we are so excited about linked data. Linked data can to so much for us in terms of data and information integration across heterogeneous applications or in an inter company data exchange scenario. This presentation attempts to explain, how linked data could be used to share data and solve meta- and master data issues in supply network scenarios. We all know the problem of keeping track of even the most simple information as for instance locations, contact persons or in more advanced cases item lists, item numbers or information on the range of products that are being offered by a supplier. This kind of information is currently being published on html based websites. What if we were to publish this information in rdf and thus would afford our business partners to automatically consume and recycle it. Wouldn't this automatically solve all of our master data issues? We believe that using the linked data paradigm to integrate and share information within or across companies is the way to go for the future. Linked data has repeatedly demonstrated that it is robust, efficient and effective. This is why we now have 50 billion triples already linked out there on the semantic web. It really works and it is very affordable and easy to use! No need to implement expensive EAI or EDI solutions to automate communication with a new business partner....just ask him to put his data on the web...exchange security certificates and start linking and sharing realtime information! Hope you have fun doing it. If you have any questions..we do provide integrated enterprise solutions and support for publishing and consuming linked data and we will be happy to help!

1. Linked Data

2. Let us look at how it evolved and
what it did for
supplier-customer information
exchange and integration!
1992

3. Drawback then
Little transparancy
Few well established standards
1998 Low market penetration

4. Drawbacks then
Too many different formats
Too many different portals
Too little standardization
2002

5. Drawbacks now
Expensive and isolated silos
Globalization becomes a problem
2008 Low acceptance on part of suppliers

6. Goal
Cost reduction
Increased compatibility
Increased market penetration
2012

7. Problems
Lack of flexibility
Focus on smallest denominator
Single vendor dependency
2014

8. Linked
Data
Management
2018

9. Linked
Data
Management
Why don‘t we do it in 2013?

10. 0€*
INEXPENSIVE
UPDATED
FLEXIBLE
EASY
Linked Data Management

11. Linked Data => Already a global standard

12. Longjump
Mike Powell
8,95 Tokyo 1992
Association of facts creates meaning

13. Mike Powell
0.3 m/s
A quantum leap:
Subject-Predicate-Object triple create „Lingua Franca“ of Machines

14. How
work?
it does
Linked Data Management

15. Locations
Contacts
Company
Information Products
LD-Publishing: „Put your data on the web!“TBL

16. Company 1: Company 2: Contact within Co. # 2:
name: brox IT-Solutions GmbH name: eccenca inc. given name: Sören
street: An der Breiten Wiese 9 street: Johannisgasse 26 name: Auer
Zip: 30625 Zip: 04103 Co. name: eccenca inc.
Place: Hannover Place: Leipzig Ext.: - 173
Mail: xy@eccenca.com
Business units: Business units:
purchasing purchasing Associations:
sales sales University of Leipzig
logistics logistics University of Chemnitz
production production InfAI
design design FP7
DBPedia
Holding: Holding:
eccenca inc. none URL or URI:
URIs allow the dereferencing of the links within the graph
Semantic Navigation across Supplier Data Sites

17. Simply send and receive by way of „Linking“

18. Supplier
• Publishes relevant data as triples
• Authorizes web access
• Defines access rights
Customer/Cosumer
• Subscribes to supplier site by way of „Linking“
• Establishes security certificate authentication
• Accepts automated update feeds
• Negotiates additional types of data to be
automatically provided or exchanged

19. We are the guys that brought you Dbpedia*
DBpedia
as the central hub of the linked data web, it helps to synchronize more than
50.000.000.000 Triples
* Sören Auer had the idea and implemented it in collaboration with a few reasearch partners inkl. Chris Bizer

20. Many corporations have already identified and cashed
in on the benefits of Linked Data.
When will you become a part of it?

21. eccenca
The Linked Data Company
Hans-Chr. Brockmann
Geschäftsführer
An der Breiten Wiese 9
D-30625 Hannover
+49.511.336528-10
+49.511.336528-9810
+49.173.36986 - 10
brockmann@eccenca.com
www.ecccenca.com