LINKED OPEN DATA

Linked data is a collection of interrelated datasets published on the Web using the W3C Semantic Web Standards (RDF, OWL, SPARQL, etc.) According to W3C, "Linked data lies at the heart of what Semantic Web is all about: large scale integration of, and reasoning on, data on the Web". Linked data is very often open and freely available to everyone. Some datasets that form the current linked open data cloud can be found in the DataHub... Linked open data is especially relevant today because lots of goverments are publishing their data on-line in an effort to increase transparency and accountability of goverment, and allow the developmentof new applications for their citizens. For some pioneer examples, you could visit the open data sites of the US and the UK goverments. Notice that in both cases there is an associated linked data effort... More information about linked data can be found in the following sources: 1. Tim Berners-Lee's note, which describes the Linked Data principles. 2...