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a quick intro into linked data Web of Documents from humans for humans Web of Documents and machines? not really welcome … Web of Documents then, in 1998, an idea took shape: linked data, by Tim Berners-Lee. /DesignIssues/LinkedData link DATA rather than DOCUMENTS Web of Data but wait. haven’t we been doing that for years, now? Web of Data we have CSV, relational data, XML, key-value data, etc. Web of Data true. but it’s not about the surface or exchange syntax. Web of Data actually it is about a data (RDF) and naming (URI) model on the Web. Web of Data back to Tim’s note from ‘98 /DesignIssues/LinkedData Web of Data four principles are discussed, there. Web of Data (1) Use URIs to name things on the Web Web of Data and we really mean: use URIs for naming everything you could think of Web of Data use URIs for people, fruits, cars, drinks, islands, etc. but also for … Web of Data … abstract things such as love, war, statistics, genes, religion, etc. Web of Data (2) Use HTTP URIs allowing to look- up those names on the Web Web of Data when you d0 an HTTP GET (or: enter a URI into your browser’s address bar :) … Web of Data … ‘something’ is returned – in the best case this is RDF – and one is happy. Web of Data (3) When someone looks-up a URI, provide useful information Web of Data (4) Include links to other URIs to allow discovery of more things Web of Data o s l A