Jose Emilio Labra Gayo is an Associate Professor from the University of Oviedo, Spain. He has been the Dean of the School of Computer Science Engineering from the University of Oviedo from 2004 until 2012. Currently, he is the main researcher of the WESO research group (Web Semantics Oviedo). The group collaborates on practical applications of semantic web and linked open data to different domains and has been involved in several projects with industrial partners and public administrations like the National Library of Congress in Chile or the Web Foundation. Apart of teaching in the University of Oviedo, He has been regularly invited to teach in several doctorate or postgraduate courses in the Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María, in Chile, or other institutions. His research interests are Semantic Web technologies, Declarative Programming Languages and Web Engineering, where he has published a number of papers in selected conferences and journals. He was part of the W3c Data Shapes Working Group and wrote the “Validating RDF data” book.