linked open data
LINKT OH-pen DAY-tuh
lɪŋkt ˈoʊpən ˈdeɪtəListen
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a method of publishing and connecting structured data on the web using standard formats and protocols — particularly RDF (Resource Description Framework) and URIs (Uniform Resource Identifiers) — that allow datasets from different sources to be interlinked and queried together as a distributed knowledge graph; Tim Berners-Lee articulated the linked open data principles in 2006, calling for data to be published using open standards, given stable URIs, linked to other data, and made freely available; in the digital humanities, linked open data enables the connection of cultural heritage databases — museum collections, archival catalogues, bibliographic databases, biographical dictionaries — across institutional boundaries, allowing researchers to trace relationships between objects, people, places, and events across multiple collections simultaneously
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