Re: Linked Data & Open Data in the LLD-XG draft report

Hi Adrian,

You're right, and I trust Karen and others from the group will find a way to alleviate your concerns. Maybe a definition for "open" could be added. Or linked to: I seem to remember the OBD group (or is it OKFN at large?) had written a definition for open data. Can you circulate the link?

Cheers,

Antoine


> Adrian, thanks for your comments. I'll make a note to look at where "open data" is used in the report to see if we can clarify any confusion.
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> As for the section on "rights" -- that was not intended to specify "copyright" but *any* rights based on ownership, contracts, policies, or law. We are adding some wording to try to make that clear, and I'll read through that part of the text to make sure that our statements are all about those rights in general.
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> Do you think that addresses your comments, or is something else needed?
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> kc
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> Quoting Adrian Pohl <pohl@hbz-nrw.de>:
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>> Hello,
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>> I had the time to read through the LLD-XG draft report. First, I am
>> very happy that this work is going on and hope this is the start of a
>> broader involvement of libraries and related institutions in the W3C
>> efforts. Thanks to all the people involved for their efforts.
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>> While reading the draft report, what struck me most was the lack of
>> differentiation between Linked Data and Open Data. Though "Linked Data"
>> is defined in the "Scope" section, the term "Open Data" isn't explained
>> anywhere. In the further report both concepts get mixed up and it is
>> even implicitely said in section 6.4 [1] that linked data implies being
>> open data which isn't necessarily the case (and which isn't part of the
>> "Linked Data" definition in the "Scope" section).
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>> I think the report has to be reworked in this regard, as I comment in
>> [2] "I suggest adding a paragraph or section to the report which
>> clarifies the two terms, "open data" being about open access, open
>> standards and open licenses in the first place and "linked data" being
>> about a specific set of standards or best practices for publishing data
>> on the web recommended by the W3C. An important aspect of open data is
>> legal compatibility of data while linked data deals with technical
>> compatibility of data."
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>> Also, in 6.4 copyright on individual records is assumed only after
>> referring a few lines above to Raymond Bérard's article on open library
>> data[3] in which he explicitely writes that "[c]opyright ... does not
>> apply to individual records". I think it is important to make clear that
>> we don't talk about single records but about collections of records when
>> we discuss copyright issues regarding library data. I suggest adding
>> some clarification about this in the final report.
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>> I posted some more comments on the blog[4].
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>> All the best
>> Adrian
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>> [1]
>> http://www.w3.org/2005/Incubator/lld/wiki/DraftReportWithTransclusion#Data_may_have_rights_issues_that_prevent_open_publication
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>> [2]
>> http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/w3clld/2011/06/26/implementation-challenges-and-barriers-to-adoption-2/#comment-47-143
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>> [3]
>> http://liber.library.uu.nl/publish/issues/2010-3_4/index.html?000512
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>> [4] http://blogs.ukoln.ac.uk/w3clld/comments-by-contributor/Adrian/
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