@prefix rdfs: . @prefix ns1: . ns1:this rdfs:label "Kingsley Idehen" . @prefix rdf: . @prefix sioct: . rdf:type sioct:Comment . @prefix atom: . rdf:type atom:Entry . @prefix ns5: . @prefix foaf: . ns5:this rdf:type foaf:Person . rdf:type sioct:Weblog , atom:Feed ; rdfs:label "kidehen@openlinksw.com's BLOG [127] description" . rdf:type sioct:BlogPost , atom:Entry . @prefix dc: . dc:title "Exploring the Value Proposition of Linked Data" ; foaf:maker ns5:this ; rdfs:label "Exploring the Value Proposition of Linked Data" . @prefix dt: . @prefix dcterms: . dcterms:created "2009-07-23T20:17:19-04:00"^^dt:dateTime ; dcterms:modified "2009-07-24T08:20:01-04:00"^^dt:dateTime . @prefix sioc: . sioc:id "5262408a253f7f42f3b0372cd98112a9" ; sioc:link ; sioc:content "What is Linked Data?\n\nThe primary topic of a meme penned by TimBL in the form of a Design Issues Doc (note: this is how TimBL has shared his thoughts since the Beginning of the Web).\n\n\nThere are a number of dimensions to the meme, but its primary purpose is the reintroduction of the HTTP URI -- a vital component of the Web's core architecture. \n\n\nWhat's Special about HTTP URIs?\n\nThey possess an intrinsic duality that combines persistent and unambiguous Data Identity with platform & representation format independent Data Access. Thus, you can use a string of characters that look like a contemporary Web URL to unambiguously achieve the following:\n\n\nIdentity or Name Anything of Interest\nDescribe Anything of Interest by associating the Description Subject's Identity with a constellation of Attribute and Value pairs (technically: an Entity-Attribute-Value or Subject-Predicate-Object graph)\nMake the Description of Named Things of Interest discoverable on the Web by implicitly binding the aforementioned to Documents that hold their descriptions (technically: metadata documents or information resources) \n\nWhat's the basic value proposition of the Linked Data meme?\nEnabling more productive use of the Web by users and developers alike. All of which is achieved by tweaking the Web's Hyperlinking feature such that it now includes Hypertext and Hyperdata as link types.\nNote: Hyperdata Linking is simply what an HTTP URI facilitates. \nExamples problems solved by injecting Linked Data into the Web:\n\nFederated Identity by enabling Individuals to unambiguously Identify themselves (Profiles++) courtesy of existing Internet and Web protocols (e.g., FOAF+SSL's WebIDs which combine Personal Identity with X.509 certificates and HTTPs based client side certification)\nSecurity and Privacy challenge alleviation by delivering a mechanism for policy based data access that feeds off federated individual identity and social network (graph) traversal\nSpam Busting via the above. \n\nIncreasing the Serendipitous Discovery Quotient (SDQ) of Web accessible resources by embedding Rich Metadata into (X)HTML Documents e.g., structured descriptions of your "WishLists" and "OfferLists" via a common set of terms offered by vocabularies such as GoodRelations and SIOC \n\nCoherent integration of disparate data across the Web and/or within the Enterprise via "Data Meshing" rather than "Data Mashing"\nMoving beyond imprecise statistically driven "Keyword Search" (e.g. Page Rank) to "Precision Find" driven by typed link based Entity Rank plus Entity Type and Entity Property filters. \n\nConclusion\nIf all of the above still falls into the technical mumbo-jumbo realm, then simply consider Linked Data as delivering Open Data Access in granular form to Web accessible data -- that goes beyond data containers (documents or files). \nThe value proposition of Linked Data is inextricably linked to the value proposition of the World Wide Web. This is true, because the Linked Data meme is ultimately about an enhancement of the current Web; achieved by reintroducing its architectural essence -- in new context -- via a new level of link abstraction, courtesy of the Identity and Access duality of HTTP URIs. \nAs a result of Linked Data, you can now have Links on the Web for a Person, Document, Music, Consumer Electronics, Products & Services, Business Opening & Closing Hours, Personal "WishLists" and "OfferList", an Idea, etc.. in addition to links for Properties (Attributes & Values) of the aforementioned. Ultimately, all of these links will be indexed in a myriad of ways providing the substrate for the next major period of Internet & Web driven innovation, within our larger human-ingenuity driven innovation continuum.\nRelated\n\n\n Recipes for Describing Your Business and its Offerings using the GoodRelations Vocabulary / Schema\n\n\n Solving Real Problems with RDF based Linked Data\n\n\n Other Linked Data Posts from this Blog oriented Linked Data Space (goes back a few years!)\nVarious practical Linked Data demo links from my Del.icio.us Bookmark oriented Data Space\n\n\n My personal WebID which is conduit to a Linked Data mesh covering vast variety of things I've opted to share with others via the Web (best viewed using a Linked Data aware User Agent like ODE).\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n" ; atom:title "Exploring the Value Proposition of Linked Data" . @prefix ns11: . sioc:has_creator ns11:this ; sioc:has_container . @prefix dbpedia: . sioc:links_to dbpedia:SIOC . @prefix ns13: . sioc:links_to ns13:i , dbpedia:Friend_of_a_friend , , dbpedia:Linked_Data , dbpedia:Meme , , , , , dbpedia:Internet , dbpedia:World_Wide_Web . @prefix ns14: . sioc:links_to ns14:SolvingRealProblemsUsingLinkedData . @prefix ns15: . sioc:links_to ns15:Recipes_and_Examples , dbpedia:Entity . @prefix ns16: . sioc:links_to ns16:linked_data_demo , ns1:this , dbpedia:Entity-attribute-value_model , dbpedia:Information , dbpedia:Uniform_Resource_Locator , dbpedia:Uniform_Resource_Identifier ; atom:source ; atom:author ns5:this ; atom:published "2009-07-24T00:17:19Z" ; atom:updated "2009-07-24T12:20:01Z" ; sioc:has_reply , . @prefix opl: . opl:isDescribedUsing . ns11:this rdf:type sioc:User . rdf:type atom:Entry , sioct:Comment . @prefix rdf: . @prefix atom: . rdf:type atom:Entry . @prefix sioct: . rdf:type sioct:Comment . @prefix sioc: . sioc:reply_of . @prefix ns4: . @prefix foaf: . ns4:this rdf:type foaf:Person ; foaf:made . rdf:type atom:Feed , sioct:Weblog . @prefix rdfs: . rdfs:label "kidehen@openlinksw.com's BLOG [127] description" ; sioc:container_of ; atom:entry ; atom:contains . rdf:type sioct:BlogPost , atom:Entry ; rdfs:label "The URI, URL, and Linked Data Meme's Generic HTTP URI (Updated)" ; sioc:links_to . @prefix ns7: . ns7:this rdf:type sioc:User ; sioc:creator_of . rdf:type atom:Entry , sioct:BlogPost ; rdfs:label "Getting The Linked Data Value Pyramid Layers Right (Update #2)" ; sioc:links_to . rdf:type sioct:BlogPost , atom:Entry ; rdfs:label "Getting The Linked Data Value Pyramid Layers Right (Update #2)" ; sioc:links_to . rdf:type sioct:Comment , atom:Entry ; sioc:reply_of .