Professor James Hendler recently announced the launch of a new federated search service, the International Dataset Catalog Search. This new service is part of the Linking Open Government Data (LOGD) project, a resource that brings together open government data from around the world. According to the site’s homepage, “The Linking Open Government Data project investigates opening and linking government data using Semantic web technologies. We are translating government-related datasets into RDF, linking them to the Web of Data and providing demos and tutorials on mashing up and consuming linked government data.” continued… New Career Opportunities Daily: The best jobs in media.