- From: Jürgen Jakobitsch SWC <j.jakobitsch@semantic-web.at>
- Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2013 15:49:51 +0200
- To: Barry Norton <barry.norton@ontotext.com>
- Cc: "public-lod@w3.org" <public-lod@w3.org>
On Mon, 2013-06-17 at 14:12 +0100, 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) > apropos linked data and people... https://plus.google.com/111233759991616358206/posts/DYtvvjrmYaa wkr turnguard -- | Jürgen Jakobitsch, | Software Developer | Semantic Web Company GmbH | Mariahilfer Straße 70 / Neubaugasse 1, Top 8 | A - 1070 Wien, Austria | Mob +43 676 62 12 710 | Fax +43.1.402 12 35 - 22 COMPANY INFORMATION | web : http://www.semantic-web.at/ | foaf : http://company.semantic-web.at/person/juergen_jakobitsch PERSONAL INFORMATION | web : http://www.turnguard.com | foaf : http://www.turnguard.com/turnguard | g+ : https://plus.google.com/111233759991616358206/posts | skype : jakobitsch-punkt | xmlns:tg = "http://www.turnguard.com/turnguard#"
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