It was not easy. For all those who entered, thank you for making this a difficult decision.

After much deliberation and taking into consideration the popular vote, we are pleased to announce the two finalists from Heat 2 of the LODLAM Challenge:

Pundit

Mismuseos.net

Although not a finalist, we want to give special shout-out and an honorable mention to WWI Linked Data.

Nice work, Everyone!

This rounds out the slate of 5 challenge finalists that will be competing head-to-head at the LODLAM Summit June 19-20, 2013 in Montreal.

All finalists have earned travel grants for the trip to Montreal and the chance to win a $2000USD cash prize.

A big thank-you to all the teams who submitted entries. It was great to see such creativity and wide range of ideas.

The LODLAM community rose to the challenge and amazed us.

If you didn’t get a chance to look at the entries – check out the talent in both heats:

Challenge Entries Heat #1

Challenge Entries Heat #2

See you in Montreal!

Please spread the word and have fun checking out the video entries!

Many thanks to all of the entrants this year–they’ve put in so much time and care to share their work/ideas/vision and put in for some good-natured international competition.  Who needs the Olympics?

As seen on Twitter:
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5/2/13 8:23 AM

We’re very excited to announce the three finalists from Heat 1 of the LODLAM Challenge. We had 10 amazing entries, so the voting was very tough. These three finalists earn travel grants to the LODLAM Summit June 19-20, 2013 in Montreal, and the chance to compete for bragging rights and a $2,000 USD cash prize.

Heat 1 Finalists:
Free Your Metadata

ReLOAD

Linked Jazz

Big thanks to all of the teams who participated in Heat 1. Heat 2 will be open from Feb 1 through May 1, 2013 and we’ll be selecting two more finalists then.

The first round of LODLAM Challenge entries are now open for voting until December 15. Public votes count for about 30% of consideration for selecting finalists, and a panel of judges plus the organizing committee (who don’t have conflicts of interest) makes up the balance of the decision making process.  We’ll be announcing three finalists by December 20th.

We are now accepting applications for delegates to the 2nd International Linked Open Data in Libraries, Archives, and Museums Summit, taking place in Montreal June 19-20, 2013.  Applications will be open Oct. 2-Nov. 2.  The LODLAM Challenge is also now underway, and it’s easy to register a team and post your entry for a chance of winning up to $2,000USD in travel awards plus a cash prize and bragging rights.