What is Linked Data

Linked Data is a data integration technology based on the RDF data model. It is the first solution that can solve the information silo problems on a global scale and enable distributed generic Web applications. Linked Open Data (LOD) is Linked Data published under an open license.

RDF is a graph-shaped data model that identifies resources (nodes) with URIs. It has multiple syntaxes: both XML-based (RDF/XML) and plain-text (Turtle). SPARQL 1.1 is the latest specification of the RDF query language, supported by most RDF databases, called triplestores.

Read more about Linked Data:

• Linked Data at W3C