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

On 04/03/2013 11:32 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
>

Oh this is going to be a lovely thread, I can feel it! ;)

Just to be devil's advocate here^, because it is fun:

* There is no crime if there are no consequences. Down with authority I say!

* An ecosystem exists because there is some balance between the 
predators (lets call them consumers) and preys (lets call them 
publishers). How is the Linked Data ecosystem doing?

* How about the number of consumers of the Linked Data mailing list to 
those that contribute to the mailing list? Same goes for all other 
channels in which people share information$


^ Please take the analogies with a grain of salt
$ Excluding Linked Data authors that publish their work in PDF because 
that's just Linked Data Crime #0. Shame on you!

-Sarven
http://csarven.ca/#i