* [2010-11-21 12:02:14 +0000] Peter Murray-Rust <[email protected]> écrit:
] I think the use of "Data" could be misleading as people may think this is a ] repository for full data sets (of cource it may be that in part and may ] evolve to that). But my understanding is that CKAN is primarily for what I ] would call metadata In fact I had the vague impression that there was some sort of equivocation or lack of clarity on the part of some of the speakers having to do with the differences between data and information and knowledge. I need to think about it some more before I can clearly articulate my observation I think, but the distinctions wanted sharpening with linked-data which really is more about statements than tables. But chosing the right words here, and trying to use them consistently is important for communicating what this stuff is and why it is useful to the wider public. Cheers, -w -- William Waites http://eris.okfn.org/ww/foaf#i 9C7E F636 52F6 1004 E40A E565 98E3 BBF3 8320 7664 _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
