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<blockquote> <cite>A person, organization, place, idea, subject matter topic/heading, and other real world things possess "identity" -- that is, a constellation of characteristics that distinguish them from any other identity. Associated with this abstraction can be a label used as a reference, or "identifier". This is the distinction between a thing and the name of the thing.</cite> </blockquote> <blockquote> <p>section from <a href="http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-dkim-overview-11.txt" id="link-id15a13d40">IETF's Domain Keys spec</a>. (paraphrased by <a href="http://myopenlink.net/dataspace/person/kidehen#this" id="link-id13d88ed8">me</a>) </p>.</blockquote> <p>The <a href="http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html" id="link-id11d5b9a8">Linked Data meme</a> is based on the use of HTTP based URIs as reference / identifier labels associated with the "identity abstraction" referred to above. Thus, when you de-reference (request <a href="http://dbpedia.org/resource/Information" id="link-id14706fb8">information</a> about) an HTTP based <a href="http://dbpedia.org/resource/Uniform_Resource_Identifier" id="link-id12b4ea50">URI</a> you ultimately end up with a resource <a href="http://dbpedia.org/resource/Uniform_Resource_Locator" id="link-id12127e20">URL</a> that exposes the "constellation of characteristics" mentioned above, in a representation negotiated at request time -- between an HTTP client and server e.g., (X)HTML, JSON, XML, RDF/XML, N3, Turtle, Trix, others :-)</p> <h3>Related</h3> <ul> <li> <a href="http://www.openlinksw.com/dataspace/kidehen@openlinksw.com/weblog/kidehen@openlinksw.com%27s%20BLOG%20%5B127%5D/1546" id="link-id11b67288">What is the Linked Data meme About?</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.openlinksw.com/dataspace/kidehen@openlinksw.com/weblog/kidehen@openlinksw.com%27s%20BLOG%20%5B127%5D/1543" id="link-id151fa890">Simple Explanation of RDF & Linked Data Dynamics</a>.</li> <li> <a href="http://www.handle.net/" id="link-id11d9cd30">Handle</a> -- <a href="http://dbpedia.org/resource/Internet" id="link-id0x131986f0">Internet</a> wide Identity Scheme and Resolution System</li> </ul>
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