Linked Open Dataset

A Linked Open Dataset is an Open Dataset that is a Linked Dataset.

• AKA: LOD.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Closed Dataset.
  • a Standalone Dataset.
• See: LOD2 Project, Open Database License, The Web, Linking Open Data Community Project.

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References

• http://www.w3.org/wiki/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData

2011

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linked_Data
  • In computing, Linked Data describes a method of publishing structured data so that it can be interlinked and become more useful. It builds upon standard Web technologies such as HTTP and URIs, but rather than using them to serve web pages for human readers, it extends them to share information in a way that can be read automatically by computers. This enables data from different sources to be connected and queried.

2009

• (Bizer, Heath, Berners-Lee, 2009) ⇒ Bizer, Heath, and Tim Berners-Lee. (2009). “Linked Data - The Story So Far."

2006

• (Berners-Lee, 2006) ⇒ Tim Berners-Lee. (2006). “Linked Data."
  • QUOTE: The Semantic Web isn't just about putting data on the web. It is about making links, so that a person or machine can explore the web of data. With linked data, when you have some of it, you can find other, related, data.

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