The 5 stars path

Here are my 1.5 cents :-)


* 0 star
Having 0 star data is better that not having 5 stars data.
If one becomes too choosy, one end up without data.
Even expensively produced data is far from perfect.

* Identifier
Data must have an identifier so one can find it.
http://dragoman.org/comuri

* Static data
Give preference to static data; i.e., data that do not required processing to access it.
This is an essential criteria for long-term preservation.
http://dragoman.org/webdata.html#static-and-dynamic-data
http://larry.masinter.net/0603-archiving.pdf

* Simplest format
"Structure the data, the how is secondary"
Structured data can be programmatically be transformed into other formats.
CVS is quite simple.
http://dragoman.org/format

* Human and Machine Format (HMformat)
The same data should be in a format that it is both: human and machine readable.
http://dragoman.org/hmformat.html

* Package (or perish)
Package the data with as much metadata and links to other data (à la LD) as possible.

* Language neutral
Data should be language neutral with facilities to expand the language strings.
http://dragoman.org/mm.xml

* Rating
Either
  - Use the LD stars rating state it
     http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/LinkedData.html

  - Create a new rating system and do not use the term "star" to avoid confusion 

Regards
Tomas

Received on Monday, 23 March 2015 13:28:01 UTC