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

On 4/4/13 7:55 AM, Sarven Capadisli wrote:
> 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!

+1

LOL

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


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