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README.md

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-# webdata
-Overview of the Web Data Principles
+# Web Data
+
+Overview of the Web Data Principles.
+
+
+## One Star: Linkable
+
+Documents need to have stable and discoverable URIs. Stability is required so that links to your document can be used as unique and global identifiers. Discoverability is required so that your documents can be found by others who want to link to them.
+
+
+## Two Star: Parseable
+
+CSV, XML, RDF, JSON
+
+
+## Three Star: Understandable
+
+vocabularies/schemas
+
+
+## Four Star: Linked
+
+For your Documents to be a part of the Web, they should link to other documents whenever possible. Always use URIs when linking between documents, so that linked identifiers (URIs) can be taken out of context and shared globally.
+
+
+## Five Star: Usable
+
+Label your documents with a license, so that others know how they can use them. There are many licenses to choose from, and picking any of those is better than not picking one at all.
+