Linked Data Definition

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Currently it states.
Linked data currently constitutes the largest publicly available knowledge graph, expressed using W3C standards RDF and OWL. The Semantic Web field has been creating linked data since about 2007. https://lod-cloud.net/ lists over 1,200 interconnected knowledge graphs which are publicly accessible. A count from 2015 identified over 37 billion RDF triples, i.e., node-edge-node knowledge graph statements which could be retrieved from the World Wide Web.

Linked Data is a principled approach to entity denotation using hyperlinks (specifically, HTTP URIs). Adhering to this principle ensures the following:

1. Unambiguous Entity Denotation
2. Entity Denotation that's implicitly linked to Entity Connotation by way of look-up (or de-reference)

Examples of artifacts that adhere to this principle:

1. http://data.openlinksw.com/oplweb/glossary-term/LinkedData#this -- clicking on that link triggers the effects of denotation->connotation indirection in your browser (or any other HTTP User Agent) i.e., you will end up viewing a document that describes the concept "Linked Data" denoted unambiguously by the HTTP URI http://data.openlinksw.com/oplweb/glossary-term/LinkedData#this

2. Simple Linked Data Deployment Tutorial