Re: The Great Public Linked Data Use Case Register for Non-Technical End User Applications

On 6/23/13 6:28 AM, Dominic Oldman wrote:
>
> As a result of the other thread about applications (which should 
> continue with some more and varied views) I would like to suggest that 
> this list starts to compile a list of use cases for linked data. We 
> should start to list end user applications from as many different 
> domains as possible that could never be implemented without RDF as 
> they rely on linked data and semantic harmonisation, and would greatly 
> benefit end users.
>
> I am happy to compile the suggestions made.
>
> Dominic
>
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>
Dominic,

You pose a nice riddle to those that claim support Linked Data and RDF 
but continue to struggle with the dog-food dimension of such claims 
i.e., if RDF and Linked Data are so useful, then do showcase how you put 
them to use before lecturing or preaching to others etc..

Circa. 2013 we shouldn't still be trying to determine what useful tools 
are or struggle to discover them either. We don't need a central 
repository of anything, assuming we actually know what Linked Data is 
really about.

Anyone that has an application, tool, service, or platform that provides 
utility in the Linked Data and/or RDF realms should be able to perform 
the following basic acts:

1. denote/name the product, application, service of platform using a 
de-referencable URI
2. publish the URI so that when someone (or a user agent) can look-up 
the URI
3. when the URI is looked-up you GET back a description of the 
application (the URIs referent).

The fact that the above isn't the norm speaks volumes about Linked Data 
comprehension and actually utility by those that would like to teach 
others about what Linked Data is or is not.

Now, here's how we deal with this matter:

1. http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/data/turtle/ -- everything you need to 
know about Virtuoso products, releases, and offers
2. http://uda.openlinksw.com/data/turtle/ -- everything you need to know 
about our Universal Data Access driver products, releases, and offers
3. http://www.openlinksw.com/data/turtle/ -- additional information 
including shared vocabularies that we use to describe our stuff
4. http://www.openlinksw.com/data/turtle/ontology_mappings/ -- ontology 
mappings that we leverage in our descriptions, where applicable
5. http://ode.openlinksw.com -- a simple extension and/or service (URL 
patterns) for browsing Linked Data
6. http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com -- a platform for data integration, 
management, and publication
7. http://youid.openlinksw.com -- simple use of Linked Data to enable 
users regain control of their privacy by enabling them manage their own 
digital identity
8. many more, but 6 items will do for now.


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