[Oops! I just noticed this stuck in my out box]
On 06/17/2013 08:07 AM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:
On 6/17/13 1:35 AM, David Booth wrote:
If the term Linked Data is "hijacked" by a broader population
to mean *any* sort of data that is linked -- not necessarily
RDF -- then this will be a major loss to the Semantic Web
community, because it is very hard to come up with simple ways
to communicate the essence of the Semantic Web. The Linked
Data meme has been extremely helpful. If the RDF component
is lost, we will have lost the best meme we have ever had for
explaining the Semantic Web.`
David,
It's possible to debate a matter without unnecessary use of inflammatory
language. I would happily debate you any day about this subject matter,
but I struggle with your choice of words.
I sincerely apologize if it sounded inflammatory, as it was not intended
that way. it was intended to be accurately descriptive of how it feels.
Have you considered that "hijacked" is utterly unnecessary in this
debate? Irrespective of who might be right or wrong, nobody is trying to
hijack anything.
I chose that word because it accurately describes how it feels to have
such an important meme taken away by having its meaning altered in such
a critical way.
Put differently, can you make a convincing case against
that fact that by inserting RDF -- in immutable form -- into the Linked
Data conversation (retrospectively) it could also be perceived by some
as hijacking?
Yes. That is why I put the word in quotes: to acknowledge that that is
one perspective, and others with a different perspective may look at it
differently. apparently I should have pushed in a more explicit
disclaimer such as: ". . . at least, that is how it *feels*".
If you recall, your fundamental thesis is predicated on the notion that
it took TimBL 3 years (between 2006 and 2009) to realize that he was
inarticulate about RDF in all his prior Linked Data related memes.
No, it is not. Again, my thesis is: (a) "Linked Data" is a term of art,
in the Semantic Web community, that implies the use of RDF; and (b) the
loss of that term as a term of art (by altering its meaning in a
critical way) would be harmful to the goals of the Semantic Web.
David
