Linked Data is any piece of data which is connected to another piece of data in a way that may be accessed via structured queries.
Principles
The core principles of linked data are:
- All conceptual things should have a name starting with
HTTP - Dereferencing a
HTTPname should return useful data in a standard format such as XML or JSON - Anything that has a relationship to that piece of data should have further
HTTPlinks to where that other piece of data exists