Just to expand this.
- Having as few conditions as possible facilitates the use of linked
data. By not having to think about conditions linked data can work more
freely - as it is meant to.
Aggregators such as Europeana have (where possible) gone for CC0 to create a
friction free service.
Many people reusing Museum linked data will cite the source anyway because it
gives some authority to the data they use.
It would be extremely helpful if web sites included the URI sources for
the data they use (in the same way that they might include a URL) so
that people can see the source and providers can use the information to
improve their data. Providing the URIs is very beneficial and is
relatively easy to include in any reuse code (if people are developing
against an EndPoint to create a web site then including the main URI of
the data in the source is not onerus).
How do we encourage good practice in this area?
D
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From: Kingsley Idehen <[email protected]>
To: [email protected]
Sent: Sunday, 31 March 2013, 18:17
Subject: Re: Why is it bad practice to consume Linked Data and publish opaque
HTML pages?
On 3/31/13 7:42 AM, Dominic wrote:
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>Should this be stipulated as part of a license agreement?
CC-BY-SA is an example of such a license.
Kingsley
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>Dominic
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> From: Kingsley Idehen <[email protected]>
>To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>Sent: Saturday, 30 March 2013, 14:35
>Subject: Why is it bad practice to consume Linked Data and publish opaque HTML
>pages?
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>All,
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>" 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].
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>An HTTP URI is an extremely powerful citation and
attribution mechanism. Incorporate Linked Data principles
and the power increases exponentially.
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>It is okay to consume Linked Data from wherever and publish
HTML documents based on source data modulo discoverable
original sources Linked Data URIs.
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>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.
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>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 .
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>1. http://ontolog.cim3.net/forum/ontolog-forum/2013-03/msg00084.html --
>ontolog list post .
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>Regards,
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>Kingsley Idehen
>Founder & CEO
>OpenLink Software
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