On 10/1/14 5:36 PM, Luca Matteis wrote:
I guess PDF is sort of the "compiled" version while we're talking about the source of the document (HTML).
No, there is structured data locked (inaccessible) from the PDF. In HTML+(RDF based Structured Data Island Notation) you have loose coupling of presentation and fine-grained structured data, increasingly in Linked Open Data form.
You can convert both Latex and HTML to PDF.
But you do that using platform specific tools, in either direction. We don't want that kind of specificity circa., 2104.
So I guess perhaps what I'm saying is that Latex is a better tool than HTML for writing publications simply because it was built for that.
It might be, but that's really besides the point. Our big issue here is unshacking data i.e., data de-silo-fication. Sadly, we have conferences that are aligned closely with Linked Open Data that, right at the front-door, completely contradict its fundamental essence and value proposition.
So forget PDF. Perhaps we can add markup to Latex documents and make them linked data friendly?
Only if the end product is as open and loosely coupled as HTML+(RDF based Structured Data Islands) .
That would be cool. A Latex RDF serialization :)
If that was accessible and usable over HTTP network, without any platform specific tools.
Kingsley
On Wed, Oct 1, 2014 at 11:26 PM, Kingsley Idehen <[email protected]> wrote:On 10/1/14 3:55 PM, Luca Matteis wrote:But why is it backwards? We have different formats serving different purposes. Diversity is healthy. Simply because PDF is not in the Web stack it doesn't make it Web-unfriendly.The issue arises when Linked Open Data is packing into a PDF silo. The big elephant in the room, in regards to Linked Open Data, is the fact that PDFs are inherently contradictory. -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen Founder & CEO OpenLink Software Company Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Personal Weblog 1: http://kidehen.blogspot.com Personal Weblog 2: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter Profile: https://twitter.com/kidehen Google+ Profile: https://plus.google.com/+KingsleyIdehen/about LinkedIn Profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/kidehen Personal WebID: http://kingsley.idehen.net/dataspace/person/kidehen#this
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