Putting raw data on the Web and linking it to other data is bringing powerful new research and analysis capabilities to Web users—capabilities that far exceed what's created by the hyper-linked documents we are all familiar with. "Twenty years ago I had to encourage people to put their documents on the Web and make links to other documents," says Tim Berners-Lee, who invented the Web, which went live in December 1990. "We have to now do it again, with linked data."Examples of the power of linked data arise daily. In Britain, The Times picked up raw, linked data about bicycle accidents from DirectGov and published a mashup map showing where bicycle accidents had occurred, so cyclists could be aware of the many dangerous spots along the city's roads.
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