2.3: Links
Provide fully linked data. Other Information:
The next step beyond raw data is fully linked data. In other words, raw data can only be linked to, there are no links back
out - but linked data contains links out to other data and documentation. There is a spectrum from raw to fully linked data,
and standards such as RDF that can help you link your data. Here are four expectations for the linked data web: 1.URIs are
names for things; 2.HTTP URIs help people find those things; 3.When someone looks up a URI, they should find useful information;
and 4.Links within your data to other URIs help people discover more, related things. Using URIs as described provides for
a rich and easily connected web of data that is easier for the public to search and use. However, many databases do not build
URIs, but instead use internally derived unique identifiers. To link this data into the larger web, we need to use systems
that can anticipate or build the URIs prior to publishing the data.
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