- From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Jun 2013 21:56:20 +0200
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: Luca Matteis <lmatteis@gmail.com>, Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAKaEYh+NJZNmV_DLm82xew9_cop_DcajHuWakLBvyaW_-Ld4Hw@mail.gmail.com>
On 13 June 2013 21:38, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote: > On 6/13/13 3:34 PM, Luca Matteis wrote: > > Again, not sure what the big deal is. It's like asking: Does the term > "Web" imply the use of CSS? > > > It doesn't. > > HTML, maybe-ish. > > > Sure it does. It's an important part of the Web as it allows people to > style their documents. > > > See my comments above. > > The single most important feature of the Web is that loosely coupling lies > at the core of its architecture. That means the system is dexterous and > tolerant, by design its acceptable of variety and evolution. > Tim describes this eloquently here. For anyone that felt compelled to vote yes (as I also initially was), it's worth taking a moment to read this: http://www.w3.org/DesignIssues/Modularity.html > > Kingsley > > > 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: >> >> >> On Thu, Jun 13, 2013 at 7:35 PM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>wrote: >> >>> If you want to resolve this matter, construct a poll where the question >>> reflect the audience that has the problem. >> >> >> Why don't you tell us what "question" needs to be answered then? >> >> >> I would *suggest* something that goes something like this: >> >> >> Does the term "Linked Data" imply the use of RDF? >> >> I would also (in addition to this list) include the following groups: >> (by posting the poll to their associated lists): >> >> 1. LDP -- Linked Data Platform >> 2. JSON-LD >> 3. Semantic Web >> 4. RWW >> 5. WebID. >> >> 1-5 cover the following profiles (labels un-pegorative) in good >> proportion: >> >> 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. >> >> -- >> >> Regards, >> >> Kingsley Idehen >> Founder & CEO >> OpenLink Software >> Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com >> Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen >> Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen >> Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about >> LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen >> >> >> >> > > > -- > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen > Founder & CEO > OpenLink Software > Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > Personal Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen > Twitter/Identi.ca handle: @kidehen > Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/about > LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen > > > >
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