Data integration at Web scale
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W3C launched RDF as a data integration mechanism across
applications and the Web - "Joining the Web"
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Broad participation from vendors, users, researchers and
communities in defining enabling technologies
Goals
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Web of data - provides common data representation framework
to facilitate integrating multiple sources to draw new
conclusions
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Increase the utility of information by connecting it to its
definitions and to its context
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More efficient information access and analysis
E.G. not just "color" but a concept denoted by a Web
identifier:
<http://pantone.tm.example.com/2002/std6#color>
