Title: Talking Open Data,
Abstract: Enticing users into exploring Open Data remains an important challenge for
the whole Open Data paradigm. Standard stock interfaces often used by Open Data
portals are anything but inspiring even for tech-savvy users, let alone those
without an articulated interest in data science. To address a broader range of
citizens, we designed an open data search interface supporting natural language
interactions via popular platforms like Facebook and Skype. Our data-aware
chatbot answers search requests and suggests relevant open datasets, bringing
fun factor and a potential of viral dissemination into Open Data exploration.
The current system prototype is available for Facebook
(this https URL) and Skype
(this https URL) users.