Is data sharing the privilege of a few ? Bringing Linked Data to those without the Web
Christophe Guéret, Stefan Schlobach, Victor de Boer, Anna Bon, Hans Akkermans · Data Archiving and Networked Services (DANS) · 2011
Linked Data has been designed on the basis of the Web of Documents and pushed by individuals with privileged access to Web technologies. As a result, Web hosted applications and data servers have become the de-facto standard for setting up data-sharing platforms. But what about the estimated 4.5 billion underprivileged without access to the Web but with a need and the willingness to share data? This paper calls for taking in account everybody in future design choices for Linked Data. We claim that “Web-free” publication is possible, and beneficial, for Linked Open Data everywhere even without access to the Web.