Re: is linked data about RDF or EAV or just structured data?

hello kingsley.

On 2012-08-08 3:10 , "Kingsley Idehen" <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote:
>A tree is a rooted graph. At the base you'll find a graph.

so you're following henry's reasoning that because everything somehow can
be mapped to a graph, everything naturally "is" a graph? again, i'd advise
you to look at the IETF registry and take a look of what's there and see
how much sense some of these formats would make when represented as a
graph in a generalized graph notation. more importantly, anything can be
mapped to anything, but this doesn't tell us anything about the things
we're mapping.

>>- there is the "Linked Data is based on RDF" perspective which is shared
>> by most people, then
>It isn't but I can't force you to accept this view point. I am confident
>that in due course you will realize why this is the case.

simply google for "define linked data" and see what people are writing.

>>- there's the "linked data is just data that's linked on the web"
>Yes, and then you have to hone into the definition of data and how its
>represented.

that's where you lose me. all we need for this generalized view is a way
how data can link to other data, so any data that has the capability to
include links qualifies. all REST needs is the capability for clients to
find hypermedia controls in representations.

>Linked Data is about whole data representation via an
>Entity-Attribute-Value data model enhanced with de-referencable URIs.
>Linked Data uses de-referencable URIs to denote observation subjects,
>their attributes, and attribute values (optionally). It also uses the
>same URIs to identify web resources and then, via indirection (explicit
>or implicit),  it associates a URI with a web resource that bears the
>description of said URIs referent.

you keep repeating this without ever substantiating it. i have never seen
this definition of linked data before, and just repeating that this is
what linked data really is does not help to make the case why you think of
it that way.

and like i said earlier, we as a group should not spend too many cycles
(re)defining linked data, this is not what we have been chartered to do.

cheers,

dret.

Received on Wednesday, 8 August 2012 06:50:53 UTC