Hi, Let me get into this thread with a bit of a provocative statement.
I think the issue is not whether there is money or not in linked data, but: how much money is in linked data ? Lot of money has been injected by research funds, maybe governments and maybe even industry. Is the business generated of less, more, or just about the same value ? Another point of view, perhaps more appropriate, is that Linked-Data is a bit like building highways. You can eventually measure the economic benefit of having them, but (at least in several countries) it's not something from which you expect a return. ciao, Andrea Il giorno 06/giu/2013, alle ore 13:13, Prateek <[email protected]> ha scritto: > For some reason, my original post didn't appear in the mailing list archives. > My apologies for duplicate posts, if they show up here. > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Prateek <[email protected]> > Date: Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 7:16 PM > Subject: Re: There's No Money in Linked Data > To: [email protected], Semantic Web <[email protected]>, > [email protected] > > > Hello All, > > I am one of the authors of the work being discussed. > > All the stuff I have seen till now is about Linked Data being great and > useful for data integration within commercial settings. The work does not > disputes that. I agree we didn't use the proper term, and from the reading of > the work it becomes clear we didn't complain about this aspect. The work will > be revised to correct the terminology and other feedback from the mailing > list. > > The issue pointed out in the work is with Linked Open Data Cloud data sets. > This is getting limited or no attention in the discussions. Its like saying > the technology is awesome, lets not worry so much about the 'open' data sets. > > In Adrea's blog he is saying technology is mature now. That is great. But > these technologies have been around for a while now. > > The question still remains, what about the 'open' datasets amassed till now? > The 300+ datasets which everyone uses in their slides. > > In the blog > > > "Yes, there is a critical mass of available LOD sources (for example UK > Ordnance Survey) and also of high-quality thesauri and ontologies (for > example Wolter Kluwer’s working law thesaurus) to be reused in corporate > settings" > > But they have been around for about 6 yrs? Why haven't they been used till > now besides academic playgrounds or for pure research? Is it not good enough > to be used? In the hope it will happen one day? In your blog there is a link > for use case of Linked Data. Why don't we find same thing for Linked Open > Data? > > (These are all questions which I have pondered about, not a criticism) > > I have tried collecting the use cases before for LOD > http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.org.w3c.public-lod/1575 > > The response was limited. > > Happy to see the discussion, but I think the main issue seems to be getting > sidelined. > > Regards > > Prateek > > Note: The views expressed herein are my own and do not necessarily reflect > the views of my co-authors of the work 'There's No Money in Linked Data' and > my employer. > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > > Prateek Jain, Ph. D. > RSM > IBM T.J. Watson Research Center > 1101 Kitchawan Road, 37-244 > Yorktown Heights, NY 10598 > Linkedin: http://www.linkedin.com/in/prateekj
