- From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 13:19:27 -0400
- To: "community, Linked" <public-lod@w3.org>
[Sidebar: A term of art is "A word or phrase that has special meaning in a particular context". (The Free Dictionary)] A heated debate has been raging about the accepted meaning of the term "Linked Data" in the context of the Semantic Web community -- whether or not this term implies the use of RDF. Since this depends on people's perceptions of the term's meaning, rather than an official definition, a simple poll has been created to settle this debate quantitatively. The poll asks: In normal usage within the Semantic Web community, does the term "Linked Data" imply the use of RDF? PLEASE VOTE NOW at http://goo.gl/cbyQd VOTING RULES 1. One vote per person. Persons with multiple email addresses are prohibited from voting more than once. 2. To prevent ballot stuffing, only votes from those who have **previously posted a message** on a public W3C email list (*before* 13-Jun-2013) will be counted. The W3C email search form will be used to ensure compliance: http://goo.gl/aqtGW 3. To ensure that votes are counted correctly (and to detect forged ballots), all votes will be verified and listed publicly at http://goo.gl/PXhRG Results of this poll may be viewed at http://goo.gl/GMeom (NOTE: The "View all responses" link on that page is auto-generated and cannot be disabled. Unfortunately it links to the *editable* version of the response list, which should not be shared, so please do not request it. The link above at #3 shows the same list in read-only mode.) Thank you, David Booth P.S. Please restrict follow-up discussion about this poll to public-lod@w3.org
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