- From: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
- Date: Tue, 4 Sep 2012 12:55:01 +0100
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: public-rdf-wg@w3.org
On 30 Aug 2012, at 20:11, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > Here a little breakdown that shows how EAV, RDF, and Linked Data are related: > > 1. EAV -- basic model has implicit semantics (i.e., assumptions are made about the entity, attribute, value slots) and no there no specifics about denotation mechanism > > 2. RDF -- basic model has explicit semantics and IRIs are expressly outlined as the denotation mechanism (this is also why, for the R-D-F reflux community, you can talk about RDF via EAV + URIs style narratives) > > 3. Linked Data -- builds on RDF or EAV by adding specific URI de-reference behavior that facilitates critical indirection used to implicitly associate an IRI with its description . > > RDF != Linked Data. Never has been. Its an optional (preferred by W3C, naturally) route to the destination. Conflating RDF and Linked Data hasn't benefited either endeavor, to date. For the record, I think that's an excellent way of framing the situation. Best, Richard
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