Southampton ECS release their data into the public domain

The School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton releases all public data in open linked data format.

"In what is believed also to be a world-first, ECS has become the UK’s first University department to release all its public data in open linked data format.

The School of Electronics and Computer Science (ECS) at the University of Southampton is at the forefront of the open linked data initiative through the work of its Professors Sir Tim Berners-Lee and Nigel Shadbolt."

You can read the complete article here http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/about/news/3313 or here http://www.alphagalileo.org/ViewItem.aspx?ItemId=81065&CultureCode=en

We think this is good news and a good example to follow.