- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Tue, 04 Sep 2012 10:45:55 -0400
- To: public-rdf-wg@w3.org
- Message-ID: <50461423.9050802@openlinksw.com>
On 9/4/12 7:55 AM, Richard Cyganiak wrote: > On 30 Aug 2012, at 20:11, Kingsley Idehen wrote: >> Here a little breakdown that shows how EAV, RDF, and Linked Data are related: >> >> 1. EAV -- basic model has implicit semantics (i.e., assumptions are made about the entity, attribute, value slots) and no there no specifics about denotation mechanism >> >> 2. RDF -- basic model has explicit semantics and IRIs are expressly outlined as the denotation mechanism (this is also why, for the R-D-F reflux community, you can talk about RDF via EAV + URIs style narratives) >> >> 3. Linked Data -- builds on RDF or EAV by adding specific URI de-reference behavior that facilitates critical indirection used to implicitly associate an IRI with its description . >> >> RDF != Linked Data. Never has been. Its an optional (preferred by W3C, naturally) route to the destination. Conflating RDF and Linked Data hasn't benefited either endeavor, to date. > For the record, I think that's an excellent way of framing the situation. > > Best, > Richard > Thanks! At least I know we're in sync etc.. :-) -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder & CEO OpenLink Software Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen
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