Hi Dave, comments inline. :)
Am 20.07.2012 um 23:25 schrieb Dave Reynolds: > Hi Sebastian, > > I completely agree with what you say about: > o Harish's original post being relevant to linked data and this list > o that the culture of this forum can be counter productive > o that the evidence for linked data delivering business value needs > to be a lot stronger > > However, just to balance the picture slightly ... > > There are *some* clear, well documented examples of semweb/RDF/LD delivering > business value through data integration. The most famous of these being > probably: Garlik (now Experian), Amdocs and arguably the BBC. In my > experience for every publicised example there are several non-public or at > least less visible examples of companies quietly using the technology > internally while not shouting about it. I've come across examples in banking, > publishing, travel and health care - at different levels of maturity. Yes, for me these are all great results. However, the problem for me is convincing other industries, and the toughest question I am always faced with is "and why could I not solve the issue with established technology XYZ, which my engineers already know?". As long as we cannot answer this question, it will not be easy. > > Not saying the business value story is perfectly articulated or the evidence > is watertight, but it's not totally absent :) > > While it's not your main point, I would also say we have reasonable arguments > for the value of linked data over just CSVs for publishing government > statistics and measurement data. The benefits include safer use of data > because it's self-describing (e.g. units!), ability to slice and dice through > API calls making it easier to build apps, ability to address the data and > thus annotate it and reference it. The more advanced government departments > approach this as "publish once, use many". One pipeline that lets people > access the data as dumps, through REST APIs, as Linked Data or via apps - all > powered by a shared Linked Data infra-structure. It's not CSV or Linked Data > it's CSV *and* Linked Data. Yes. It was actually not really an argument from my side, I just wanted to point out the kind of discussions I face with people out there. I totally agree with what you say. Greetings, Sebastian -- | Dr. Sebastian Schaffert sebastian.schaff...@salzburgresearch.at | Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft http://www.salzburgresearch.at | Head of Knowledge and Media Technologies Group +43 662 2288 423 | Jakob-Haringer Strasse 5/II | A-5020 Salzburg
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