Radio Interview: Sir Tim Berners-Lee on Open Data, Linked Data, and Other Topics

Reblogged From the ResourceShelf. A 37 minute interview with Sir Tim covers a number of topics. You can listen online or download as an mp3 files.

From a Summary Article:

On Linked Data:

“The Web works by everybody doing their bit and finding others’ [work] valuable. So, if you put your data out there, it may not be that you actually see the benefit; however, it will be very beneficial to the fact that that everybody else has [something]. Say, for example, if — before — you wanted to find out about something that is actually in another department, you had to make some official request . . . and then you’d get the data and maybe somebody would give you a paper brochure, but you have to really negotiate to get the data. Now, in the new world, where they put the data on the Web publicly, that’s actually very beneficial [even] from department to department.”

—Sir Tim Berners-Lee

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On Data Quality

“[Some say], ‘What about the data quality? If I put this out there, surely I’ll be held to a higher standard.’ Well, not necessarily. The really important thing is for you to be open about what the quality is. No data is perfect. Nobody expects it to be perfect, but they do like to have metadata about it. ”

—Sir Tim Berners Lee

Source: Federal News Radio (via SemanticUniverse.com)

See Also: A Video Introduction to Linked Data (via Vimeo and SemanticWeb.com)