Speakers: John Sheridan

Session

Sem Webbing Government Information

Government information can make a substantial contribution to the development of the semantic web yet the public sector has been slow to embrace the opportunities afforded by this technology. Why?

This session will explore strategies and approaches for semantically enabling government information for the semantic web, with a focus on pragmatic technologies that governments can adopt and use. It will explore the issues that arise and the benefits that occur.

Bio

John Sheridan is the Head of e-Services at the Office of Public Sector Information, part of the UK Government. John works at the intersection of information policy, technology and online service delivery. Trained in Information Technology, he is a leading web strategist and semantic web evangelist in the UK Government. John is part of the secretariat to the UK Government's Power of Information Taskforce and has operational responsibility for the publication of legislation and the official Gazettes on the web. He is also the UK Government's expert representative on SEMIC.EU.