Exploring <scp>TED</scp> talks as linked data for education

<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p> In this paper, we present the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TED</jats:styled-content> Talks dataset which exposes all metadata and the actual transcripts of available <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TED</jats:styled-content> talks as structured Linked Data. The <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TED</jats:styled-content> talks collection is composed of more than 1800 talks, along with 35 000 transcripts in over 30 languages, related to a wide range of topics. In this regard, <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TED</jats:styled-content> talks metadata available in structured, multilingual and HTTP‐accessible form constitute a valuable resource, for instance, for schoolteachers, to explore controversial contemporary topics with their students in order to stimulate awareness and critical thinking or as a means for language learning. Moreover, being compliant with state‐of‐the‐art Linked Data principles, our dataset facilitates the computation of links with related data and resources. The <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">TED</jats:styled-content> dataset is used by a number of educational applications, and it is included in the <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">L</jats:styled-content> inked <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">U</jats:styled-content> p <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">D</jats:styled-content> ata <jats:styled-content style="fixed-case">C</jats:styled-content> atalog. </jats:p>