Understanding the BBC's Virtuoso Powered Linked Data Space

Description

The BBC's recently announced Linked Data space for Programmes and Music data , joins a growing list of immediately useful " Virtuoso Powered" linked data spaces, driving the burgeoning Web of Linked Data. Others include: DBpedia , Bio2RDF , NeuroCommons etc (the click friendly version of the LOD-Cloud diagram reveals a snapshot of other Virtuoso driven linked data spaces).

Why is it important?

As a leading media organization, the BBC's use of Linked Data provides a clear beacon to other media players re. the imminence of a serious Linked Data induced sector inflection. In a nutshell, every Web Site has to evolve into a Linked Data Space: a location on the Web that provides granular access to discrete data items in line with the core principles of ...

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