- From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 17:41:44 -0400
- To: Erik Wilde <dret@berkeley.edu>, public-hydra@w3.org
On 08/04/2014 05:35 PM, Erik Wilde wrote: > hello. > > On 2014-08-04, 14:11 , David Booth wrote: >> Yes, because that's what it is. This question was discussed to death a >> while back, and finally laid to rest by the official publication of the >> W3C Linked Data Glossary: >> http://www.w3.org/TR/ld-glossary/#linked-data >> In this community, use of the term "linked data" to mean anything other >> than RDF will create unnecessary confusion and be a disservice to the >> community. > > i was specifically trying not to get that discussion going. just asking > whether there should be some definition/clarification of the term, just > to let readers know what it means in the context of the spec/community. > if you define a broad term to mean a narrow thing, then this might be > helpful to avoid possible confusion. I think a definition could help. I suggest copying the one from the W3C Linked Data Glossary verbatim (and referencing that document), rather than trying to craft a new one and risking another long debate about what it should be. David
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