Quoting "J. McRee Elrod" <m...@slc.bc.ca>:
Those who favour one linked database as opposed to our "silos", might want to read this "New Yorker" article carefully.
If you are referring to linked data here, then the use of the term 'database' is deceptive. Linked data is not a single database; it's a way to connect data that is distributed, not held in a single place. Linked data, like the Internet, has no single point of failure.
kc
The relevant part comes past the half way point. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/11/01/101101fa_fact_hersh __ __ J. McRee (Mac) Elrod (m...@slc.bc.ca) {__ | / Special Libraries Cataloguing HTTP://www.slc.bc.ca/ ___} |__ \__________________________________________________________
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