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What is Linked Data?<\/h2>\n

Linked data is a method for publishing structured data<\/a><\/strong> using vocabularies like schema.org that can be connected together and interpreted by machines.\u00a0Using linked data, <\/span>statements encoded in triples<\/a> can be spread across different websites<\/b>. <\/span><\/p>\n

Linked Data Examples<\/h3>\n

How does Linked Data works? This simple example will help you understand how linked data conveys concepts and connections.<\/p>\n

Let\u2019s say that on Website A we can present the entity <\/span>Jason and the fact that he knows Marie<\/span><\/i>. On website B we can provide all the information about Marie \u00a0and on the Website C we can find information about Marie\u2019s birthplace.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Each page contains the structured data<\/strong><\/span> to describe an entity\u00a0(Jason, Marie and Italy) and the link <\/span><\/i>to the entity that could be described\u00a0on a different page or even on a different website.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Below, you can find a real-life example of the linked open data graph visualization from the website of our client, Salzburgerland Tourism.<\/p>\n

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What is the role of Linked Data?<\/h3>\n

Back in 2006 Tim Berners-Lee<\/a> described\u00a0linked data as follows:<\/p>\n

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The Semantic Web<\/a> isn’t just about putting data on the web. It is about making links, so that a person or machine can explore the web of data. \u00a0With linked data, when you have some of it, you can find other, related, data.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

In computing\u00a0linked data describes a method of publishing and linking\u00a0data coming\u00a0from heterogeneous data sources that\u00a0can be interlinked and shared.<\/p>\n

Linked Data\u00a0builds upon standard Web technologies such as HTTP and URIs<\/a>, but rather than using them to serve web pages for human readers, it extends them to share information in a way that can be read automatically by computers. This enables data from different sources to be connected and queried<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Queries over linked data are made using\u00a0a semantic query language called SPARQL<\/a> that allows\u00a0to retrieve and manipulate data stored in Resource Description Framework (RDF) format.<\/span><\/p>\n

Learn how we got to the Linked Data in SEO<\/strong><\/a> and why you need to build a Knowledge Graph side-by-side with your website to stand out in search results by reading our article.<\/p>\n

Linked Data Explained<\/h2>\n

This\u00a0great\u00a0<\/span>introduction video\u00a0on linked data, the Google Knowledge Graph<\/a> and Facebook Open Graph protocol was\u00a0done by\u00a0<\/span>@manusporny<\/strong><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n