Hi Steven, I really agree with Manuel and Leigh and also with [1] that is very important to have Data accessible via URI (we can not forget the principles behind Linked Data), but it is also interesting to recommend the provide APIs as another option. On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 4:23 PM, <Manuel.CARRASCO-BENITEZ@ec.europa.eu> wrote: > Forgot ... nothing wrong with having APIs in addition to URIs; but it is > essential to have URIs. > It's more useful to characterise this as a SHOULD rather than a MUST (essential), and also fine tune what those URIs are representing By taking this into account, I think we should really evolve the document proposed by Manuel [2] with new best practices (not summing up the four in two [2], but increasing in much more). [1] http://techpresident.com/news/24829/free-data-debate-over-apis-and-open-government [2] http://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Data_on_the_Web_URI_Best_Practices [3] http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html Best, Ig
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