On 1/17/12 11:18 AM, Bryan Burgers wrote:
Not if done right. The humans at the end of the value chain will know why > :-)OK, I think this is the crux of the issue right here. Wikipedia is a single product. They control the presentation. They'll make sure it's "done right".
Yes.
DBPedia isn't really a single product, but rather a data source for many products.
We'll I am referring to the Linked Data aspect of DBpedia. Yes, DBpedia is an umbrella for a few things, and the list is as follows:
1. Mapping scripts 2. Extractors 3. Public SPARQL endpoint 4. Linked Data Deployment to the WWW . Items 3-4 are the subject of SOPA matter.
All of those products can "do it right", but DBPedia can't "do it right" for them.
3-4 can do it right. We (OpenLink Software) oversee those items.
How about an example. Pretend for a moment that I wrote a website to
display the players who currently play on English Premier League
teams. I query the data for Everton players:
SELECT * WHERE {
?teamMember a dbpedia-owl:SportsTeamMember;
dbpedia-owl:team<http://dbpedia.org/resource/Everton_F.C.>;
dbpedia-owl:squadNumber ?number;
dbpedia-owl:position ?position;
dbpedia-owl:currentMember ?player.
?player foaf:name ?name.
}
What can DBPedia do with that query to surface the SOPA issue?
There are two entry points: 1. /sparql 2. sparql protocol.Either route can tell you in elegant ways that those inroads are in anti SOPA solidarity mode.
Will returning no data surface the SOPA issue?
No. Return an error.
Probably not. Will returning an error message that mentions SOPA surface the SOPA issue?
Yes, with reason why etc..
That depends on what each individual product does with the error message.
Again, I am writing with items 3-4 (above) in mind.
As an individual product, my team website can surface the issue, via a blackout or banner or other means. Other products can do the same. But that's up to each individual product, and unfortunately there's no good way that DBPedia can surface the issue.
I hope you now understand why the statement above is a little too generic.
That's why SOPA is bad. The Internet and WWW are networks that are intimately interwoven into our daily lives, directly or indirectly.It's the difference between Wikipedia, as a single product, and DBPedia, as a data source for myriad products, that affects which action each can take.
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