Glad to say that a large national broadcaster is moving towards good
practice on this score.
Barry
On 30/03/13 14:35, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
All,
" Citing sources is useful for many reasons: (a) it shows that it
isn't a half-baked idea I just pulled out of thin air, (b) it provides
a reference for anybody who wants to dig into the subject, and (c) it
shows where the ideas originated and how they're likely to evolve." --
John F. Sowa [1].
An HTTP URI is an extremely powerful citation and attribution
mechanism. Incorporate Linked Data principles and the power increases
exponentially.
It is okay to consume Linked Data from wherever and publish HTML
documents based on source data modulo discoverable original sources
Linked Data URIs.
It isn't okay, to consume publicly available Linked Data from sources
such as the LOD cloud and then republish the extracted content using
HTML documents, where the original source Linked Data URIs aren't
undiscoverable by humans or machines.
The academic community has always had a very strong regard for
citations and source references. Thus, there's no reason why the
utility of Linked Data URIs shouldn't be used to reinforce this
best-practice, at Web-scale .
Links:
1. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2013-03/msg00084.html
-- ontolog list post .
