Re: Linked Data in my Head

On a serious note, the day this list starts responding to a request "I 
want to do Linked Data, am I using HTTP correctly?" like the REST 
community 'FOOLISH MORTAL, REST [/LINKED DATA] IS NOT TIED TO HTTP' is 
the day I lose interest.

Barry




On 17/06/13 14:12, Barry Norton wrote:
> Now that we've established, whatever TimBL's Note says, that Linked 
> Data doesn't require SPARQL, RDF or HTTP it's time we talked about the 
> elephant in the room: URIs.
>
> A thought experiment (literally): in my brain is a lot of knowledge - 
> 'metadata' if you will - connected up in a graph. I can't read someone 
> else's thoughts, in the form of a writing - whether it's a book with 
> an ISBN (and hence a URI), or a crudely drawn message on a bathroom 
> wall - and integrate that into the graph.
>
> Sure, I don't produce RDF, or speak HTTP, very easily, and my thoughts 
> don't have global identifiers, but the whole beauty of Linked Data is 
> that it is loosely coupled to computers anyway.
>
> What conclusion do I draw?
>
> I've seen it. It's people.
>
> Linked Data is made out of people.
>
> LINKED DATA IS PEOPLE.
>
> WE'VE GOT TO STOP THEM... SOMEHOW!
>
> Barry (you can't throw me to the lions - I'm Charlton Heston)
>

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