- From: Mike Liebhold <mnl@well.com>
- Date: Thu, 26 Jul 2012 11:45:54 -0700
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- CC: public-lod@w3.org
On 7/26/12 11:23 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > Q: What does Linked Data offer in this context? > > A: Powerful mechanism for data virtualization that turns a collection > of disparate and heterogeneous data sources into a coherent, > persistent, and change sensitive mesh of entities and their > relationships. For a number of years, this has been achievable via: > > 1. Linked Data Views over RDBMS data sources > 2. Linked Data Views over other data sources. > > What do enterprises buy? > > 1. Data Virtualization Middleware > 2. Database Management Systems > 3. Identity Management Systems > 4. Collaboration Systems > 5. Professional Services -- training, consulting, and custom development. > > My $0.02 . > I agree with all of these, Kingsley, but in the real world there are serious organizational obstacles that need to be transcended for an enterprise to appreciate the benefits you outline. I was once tasked with the design of a shared, interoperable content repository for over 20 discrete publishing companies in one media corporation (Times Mirror), and many of these individual publishers had smaller business units with separately managed repositories. It turned out that the individual IT executives saw little local benefit for the extra work labeling their content with consistent and extra metadata for benefits in other organizations, and completely resisted, so the project floundered and ultimately failed. In order to achieve the benefits you list, the most senior executives have to be deeply sold, and willing to assert their authority over local data fiefdoms. fwiw. Mike Liebhold Senior Researcher Institute for the Future
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