Re: It is bad practice to consume Linked Data and not publish Linked Data

On 4/3/13 6:06 PM, Harry Halpin wrote:
> Is there a list of WebApps that actually consume Linked Data?
>
> Does anyone know of any sites that actually use RDF as a backend?
>
> Crossing fingers.

There's been a whole thread in the last month to which most responses 
have included URLs to Linked Data consumer apps [1] . I would start 
there :-)

Link: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/2013Mar/0152.html .


Kingsley

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> On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 11:47 PM, Kingsley Idehen 
> <kidehen@openlinksw.com <mailto:kidehen@openlinksw.com>> wrote:
>
>     On 4/3/13 5:32 PM, Hugh Glaser wrote:
>
>         Because it is. :-)
>
>         Along with Kingsley's Crime #2 Against Linked Data, I think
>         this is Crime #1 Against Linked Data.
>         (It is the other side of what Kingsley would possibly call the
>         "value chain".)
>
>         Someone spent a lot of effort creating and publishing the data
>         you are consuming.
>         And went to the effort of making it easy for you by publishing
>         it as Linked Data.
>         OK, if you are just doing a bit of republishing, maybe there
>         isn't much point, but if you have done anything of interest,
>         and especially if you have added any knowledge, let other
>         people consume the fruits of your labours as easily as the
>         people you got the stuff from made it for you.
>         You clearly know about Linked Data, because you are consuming
>         it, so it shouldn't be that hard for you (OK, maybe we need to
>         make it easier!).
>
>         And never think that the stuff you were publishing isn't
>         interesting for someone else to consume!
>         If everyone thought like that we wouldn't have any Linked Data
>         at all.
>
>         Crime #3 Against Linked Data?
>         Using a string to identify a resource, because "nobody would
>         want to make a statement about that".
>
>         Cheers
>         Hugh
>
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>
>     Amen!!
>
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