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Tuesday, March 9, 2010

The year open (energy) data went worldwide

When we say that OpenEI is a Linked Data system, what does it really mean to you? In short, it means that OpenEI data can easily be connected to other data on the Web (in a standardized way). Okay, but what does that really mean to you? None other than the founder of the Web himself, Tim Berners-Lee, provided some examples to answer that question at a recent TED talk:

And if you missed his talk from last year, it provides even more information on the importance of Linked Data:

He may not directly mention OpenEI in these talks. But rest assured, he has noticed us.

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