Like the pitch :-)
How about this?
What is it?
Linked Data is about adding granularity to the existing LINK mechanism
delivered by HTTP
Why is it important?
It takes you beyond linking to pages that are loosely associated with
People, Places, and other Things; by allowing you to use the same link
mechanism to: 1. explicitly identify and explore people, places, and
other things
2. explore relationships that exists across people, places, and other
things.
Specific Web Importance?
Additional link granularity enables better discovery of relevant things
on the Web. I can use links to describe what I want and/or what I have
to offer. If everyone does this, HTTP simply takes care of the REST
i.e., serendipitous discovery of relevant things.
Specific Enterprise Importance?
Additional link granularity enables better discovery critical
relationships across key entities that define my conceptual enterprise
architecture (customers, orders, employees, departments, suppliers,
products etc.). A single link provides you and others within the
enterprise with an holistic view of critical success factor data,
relative to your particular context lenses. The complex task of data
context switching, relative to data beholder simply comes down to HTTP
and REST.
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Regards,
Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen
President & CEO
OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com