http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=1644There are some very powerful benefits that accrue from the use of HTTP based Hypermedia. 7 that come to mind immediately include: Structured & Platform Independent Enterprise Data Virtualization -- concrete conceptual level access and provisioning of abstract domain entities such as Customers, Orders, Employees, Products, Countries, Competitors etc. Distributed Application State (REST) -- application state transitions via links Structured Data Representation (Linked Data) -- whole data data representation via links Structured Identity (WebID) -- verifiable distributed identity Structured Profiles (FOAF) -- platform independent profiles for people and organizations Articulation of Structured Value Propositions (GoodRelations) -- Product & Service Offers, Business Entities, Locations, Business Hours, etc. Structured Collaboration Spaces (SIOC) -- Blogs, Wikis, File Sharing, Discussion Forums, Aggregated Feeds, Statuses, Photo Galleries, Polls etc. Mon, 08 Nov 2010 21:43:28 GMTVirtuoso Universal Server 08.03.3334Kingsley Uyi Idehenhttp://www.openlinksw.com/weblog/public/images/vbloglogo.gifhttp://www.openlinksw.com/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=1644I have seen the future and it's full of Linked Data! :-)8831