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Re: Linked Data in blog post from TimBL about Semantic Web in the news

From: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
Date: Sat, 29 Mar 2008 14:37:06 +0000
Cc: public-lod@w3.org
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To: kidehen@openlinksw.com

Kingsley,

On 28 Mar 2008, at 11:50, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
> As for the quest for the killer application, I remain of the opinion  
> that "Linked Data" via de-referencable URIs is the killer  
> application of the Semantic Web vision. Just as "Linked Documents"  
> via de-referencable URLs is the killer application of the Document  
> Web.

I agree that linked data is the killer technical capability of the  
Semantic Web.

I disagree strongly about linked data being a "killer app".

Linked data is not an application. It's one of several technical  
capabilities offered by the Semantic Web technology stack. The  
capabilities *enable* applications. But they *are* not applications.

Don't mistake your toolbox for your product or service.

The question how to bring linked data to the end user, be it in a  
corporate or web environment, has still not been successfully  
answered. The killer app is somewhere around there.

Richard



> Most importantly, Tim reminded everyone that the Document Web and  
> the Semantic Web are mutually inclusive aspects of a single World  
> Wide Web :-)
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> Regards,
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> Kingsley Idehen	      Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen
> President & CEO OpenLink Software     Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
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