- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:36:21 -0500
- CC: "public-lod@w3.org" <public-lod@w3.org>
David Wood wrote: > Sorry to intervene here, but I think Kingsley's suggestion sets up a > false dicotomy. REST principles (surely part of everything we stand > for :) suggest that the source of RDF doesn't matter as long as a URL > returns what we want. Late binding means not having to say you're sorry. > > Is it a good idea to set up a class system where those who publish to > files are somehow better (or even different!) than those who publish > via adapters? David, Yes, the dichotomy is false if the basis is: Linked Data irrespective of means or source, as long as the URIs are de-referencable. On the other hand, if Linked Data generated "on the fly" isn't deemed part of the LOD cloud (the qualm expressed in Giovanni's comments) then we have to call RDF-ized Linked Data something :-) You can count the warehouse (an arrive at hub size) but the RDF-ized stuff is a complete red herring (imho - see cool fractal animations post). What I am hoping is a more interesting quesion is this: have we reached the point were we can drop "burgeoning" from the state of the Linked Data Web? Do we have a hub that provides enough critical mass for the real fun to start (i.e., finding stuff with precision that data object properties accord) ? Personally, I think the Linked Data Web has reached this point, so our attention really has to move more towards showing what Linked Data adds to the Web in general. Kingsley > > So, I vote for counting all of it. Isn't that what Google and Yahoo do > when they count the number of "pages" indexed? > > Regards, > Dave > -- > > On Nov 21, 2008, at 4:26 PM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> > wrote: > >> >> Giovanni Tummarello wrote: >>>> Overall, that's about 17 billion. >>>> >>>> >>> >>> IMO considering myspace 12 billion triples as part of LOD, is quite a >>> stretch (same with other wrappers) unless they are provided by the >>> entity itself (E.g. i WOULD count in livejournal foaf file on the >>> other hand, ok they're not linked but they're not less useful than the >>> myspace wrapper are they? (in fact they are linked quite well if you >>> use the google social API) >>> >>> >>> Giovanni >>> >>> >>> >> Giovanni, >> >> Maybe we should use the following dichotomy re. the Web of Linked >> Data (aka. Linked Data Web): >> >> 1. Static Linked Data or Linked Data Warehouses - which is really >> what the LOD corpus is about >> 2. Dynamic Linked Data - which is what RDF-zation middleware >> (including wrapper/proxy URI generators) is about. >> >> Thus, I would say that Jim is currently seeking stats for the Linked >> Data Warehouse part of the burgeoning Linked Data Web. And hopefully, >> once we have the stats, we can get on to the more important task of >> explaining and demonstrating the utility of the humongous Linked Data >> corpus :-) >> >> ESW Wiki should be evolving as I write this mail (i.e. tabulated >> presentation of the data that's already in place re. this matter). >> >> >> All: Could we please stop .png and .pdf based dispatches of data, it >> kinda contradicts everything we stand for :-) >> >> -- >> >> >> Regards, >> >> Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >> President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com >> >> >> >> >> > -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
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