- From: Makx Dekkers <mail@makxdekkers.com>
- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 2015 11:35:47 +0200
- To: <Manuel.CARRASCO-BENITEZ@ec.europa.eu>, <public-dwbp-wg@w3.org>
Tomas, > > * Dirty data: if the data is available only in a very dirty and unfriendly format, > make it also available: dirty data is better than not data. > This is not always true. Errors in legislation, medical information, road maps can cost lives. Of course, if the 'users' are people that make a living or hobby out of finding and correcting errors, dirty data is fine, and those users can help cleaning it. If on the other hand the users are unsuspecting citizens who rely on the data, dirty data is worse than no data. In many places, there are laws that oblige the government, pharmaceutical companies, food manufacturers etc. to publish data that is correct; if they knowingly publish dirty data, they are breaking the law. Makx.
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