Re: Ending the Linked Data debate -- PLEASE VOTE *NOW*!

Again, not sure what the big deal is. It's like asking: Does the term "Web"
imply the use of CSS?

Sure it does. It's an important part of the Web as it allows people to
style their documents.

So is RDF to Linked Data, as it allows people to represent data and make
links to third-party data.


On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 9:28 PM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>wrote:

>  On 6/13/13 3:19 PM, Luca Matteis wrote:
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> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>wrote:
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>> If you want to resolve this matter, construct a poll where the question
>> reflect the audience that has the problem.
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> Why don't you tell us what "question" needs to be answered then?
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> I would *suggest* something that goes something like this:
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> Does the term "Linked Data" imply the use of RDF?
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> I would also (in addition to this list) include the following groups: (by
> posting the poll to their associated lists):
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> 1. LDP -- Linked Data Platform
> 2. JSON-LD
> 3. Semantic Web
> 4. RWW
> 5. WebID.
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> 1-5 cover the following profiles (labels un-pegorative) in good proportion:
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> 1. RDFers -- those who see Linked Data and RDF as being tightly coupled
> 2. RDFRefluxers -- those who simply blank out whenever they encounter
> "RDF" or R-D-F i.e., put those letters together in any form it's a turn-off
> 3. Independents (folks who see Linked Data and RDF as being loosely
> coupled) -- I put myself here, for sake of profile clarity.
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