http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=1497I've just read James Governor's insightful post titled: Why Applications Are Like Fish and Data is Like Wine, where he sums up the comparative value of applications (code containers) and data as follows: &quot;Only one improves with age. With apologies to the originator of the phrase - “Hardware is like fish, operating systems are like wine.” Yes! Applications are like Fish and Data like Wine, which is basically what Linked Data is fundamentally about, especially when you inject memes such as &quot;Cool URIs&quot; into the mix. Remember, the essence of Linked Data is all about a Web of Linked Data Objects endowed with Identifiers that don't change i.e., they occupy one place in public (e.g. World Wide Web) or private (your corporate Intranet or Extranet) networks, keeping the data that they expose relevant (as in fresh), accessible, and usable in many forms courtesy of the data access &amp; representation dexterity that HTTP facilitates, when incorporated into object identifiers. Here is another excerpt from his post that rings true (amongst many others): What am I talking about? Processes change, and need to change. Baking data into the application is a bad idea because the data can’t then be extended in useful, and “unexpected ways”. But not expecting corporate data to be used in new ways is kind of like not expecting the Spanish Inquisition. But… “NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Amongst our weaponry are such diverse elements as: fear, surprise, ruthless efficiency, an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.” (sounds like Enterprise Architecture ...). Related Master Data Management &amp; RDF based Linked Data Fri, 12 Dec 2008 21:41:03 GMTVirtuoso Universal Server 08.03.3334Kingsley Uyi Idehenhttp://www.openlinksw.com:443/weblog/public/images/vbloglogo.gifhttp://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=1497I have seen the future and it's full of Linked Data! :-)8831 http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=1497#4641http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=1497#4641kidehen@openlinksw.comFri, 23 Jan 2009 22:22:00 GMT<br /> François-Paul Servant wrote: <div>&lt;&lt;<br>Data is like fish, Knowledge is like wine ;-) <p> </div><div>>></div><div><br></div><div>Yes, but here is the problem with "Knowledge", it's subjective, one person's "knowledge" is another's "data".</div><div><br></div><div>Knowledge and Information are inherently subjective terms, which is why I stick with "Data" since at the very least we can agree that all Knowledge and Information is derived from a foundation of "Data" :-)</div><div><br></div>http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=1497#4626http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=1497#4626fps@semanlink.netMon, 29 Dec 2008 12:12:22 GMTData is like fish, Knowledge is like wine ;-)http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=1497#4622http://www.openlinksw.com:443/blog/kidehen@openlinksw.com/blog/?id=1497#4622terry.leach@gmail.comMon, 15 Dec 2008 21:56:33 GMT<br /> Insightful post, both your post and James Governor's.  Thanks!<br />