Rethink “Linked Data on the Web”

[RubenVerborgh]

Currently, the Linked Data on the Web section is rather technical. Perhaps it should make Linked Data more tangible by showing how the major players use it.

We should probably first focus on the content level before going to the structural level, i.e., first show the data out there and then explain the elementary buildling blocks of which it consists. Then, the link with RDF etc. should be explained; preferably without mentioning RDF too early on. (We could initially talk about “Linked Data as JSON-LD”, only to get to RDF later.)

Once RDF is introduced, we might point to examples such as Facebook, recipes, and Gmail's usage of JSON-LD. In addition, it should be detailed why different RDF formats are needed (see #20).

[RubenVerborgh]

Given that usage is covered in another module of the course, this is currently not necessary.