Pieter Colpaert

@pietercolpaert
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Professor #interoperability, #knowledgegraphs and public Web APIs at IDLab – UGent – imec

Working on Linked Data Event Streams #ldes

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Show threadPieter Colpaert6d ago
Bad moment for GitHub pages to be down. Registration form can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeJK0yUF0XysxKFCnHi5uF5DX46-fuvK9zV7rMqBslk8Xg5nQ/viewform?usp=header
Trust Triggers #1

Event Timing: April 20th 2026 starting at 13:00 (doors open at 12:30) Event Address: De Blauwe Vogel room in De Krook Library Ghent. Access the room via the main entrance at Miriam Makebaplein 1 or via the side entrance at Platteberg 11. Contact: Danica D'hont [email protected]

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Pieter Colpaert6d ago

We’re one week before the #trusttriggers event we’re organizing at De Krook in Ghent!

We’ll dive into EU-wide digital identity through 3 use cases: water quality, digital product passports, and local council decisions.

Registrations: https://trustflows.eu/events/2026/04/trust-triggers-1/

Pieter ColpaertMar 30

Did someone already complain about daylight saving time here? In case not:

Abolish daylight saving time!

Kind regards,

Someone with kids

Show threadPieter ColpaertMar 28
@hochstenbach correctly classifying it in my personal library proves to be a challenge though
Pieter ColpaertMar 27
At the PhD defense of @hochstenbach
Pieter ColpaertMar 11

With the #Trustflows community, we’re launching #TrustTriggers:

A new event series combining a cross-domain Trustflows topic, a long networking break, and 3 concrete use cases.

First edition: 20 April at De Krook in Ghent. With curator @besteves4 hosting a discussion on the EUDI with invited keynote speaker Jan Lindquist.

We’ll also discuss use cases such as DPP, local council decisions, and trigger in the water domain.

Program and registration: https://trustflows.eu/events/2026/04/trust-triggers-1/

Pieter ColpaertMar 11
Scholarly archives blocking access to AI agents is not what I want as an author: I paid publishers to archive and make available my paper as open access, that certainly includes making sure that an LLM can take into account my paper when answering an expert’s question...
Pieter ColpaertMar 3
MishaMar 3

Just reading about this initiative by @SURF and @hochstenbach

It is possible to use Mastodon to maintain a wiki with your research output.

https://communities.surf.nl/regie-op-data/artikel/using-mastodon-to-keep-track-of-your-scholarly-output

@vtijms @BartVerheggen did you know about this?

Using Mastodon to Keep Track of Your Scholarly Output

In an experimental collaboration, the SURF Open Science Innovation Team and

SURF Communities
Pieter ColpaertMar 2

Deadline extended for the Semantics in Data Spaces workshop at @eswc_conf 2026: 1 more week to submit a paper, but beware: do submit your abstract!

https://dbis.rwth-aachen.de/SDS26/

Pieter ColpaertFeb 22
Pieter ColpaertJan 9

There’s a tension between being semantically rich (using your own terms and definitions), and being semantically aligned, in which you try to reuse terms from other vocabularies.

I think we need a new concept: eventual #interoperability. I propose to start rich with your own vocabularies, and only make alignments when there’s a concrete reason for building those.

https://pietercolpaert.be/interoperability/2026/01/08/eventual-interoperability

#knowledgegraphs #apis #linkeddata #semantics