- From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Date: Thu, 20 Jun 2013 14:27:12 -0400
- To: Giovanni Tummarello <giovanni.tummarello@deri.org>
- CC: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>, Linking Open Data <public-lod@w3.org>
On 06/20/2013 12:54 PM, Giovanni Tummarello wrote: > My 2c is .. i agree with kingsley diagram , linked data should be > possible without RDF (no matter serialization) :) > however this is different from previous definitions Remember: if the data is not standards-based interpretable as RDF (though it doesn't have to *look* like RDF) then it does not support the goal of the Semantic Web, because it creates walled gardens, as explained in more detail here: http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/semantic-web/2013Jun/0120.html I prefer a definition of "Linked Data" that supports the goal of the Semantic Web. I would venture to guess that that was the entire reason that TimBL coined the term: to support the goals of the Semantic Web. David
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