‘Linked Data sounds like something magical, but what does it mean in concrete terms?’: said a visitor to a presentation on Linked Data in spring 2022 at the Stadsarchief Amsterdam. Linked Data seems to be something of a magic word in heritage land: the idea that data can be linked together across institutional boundaries captures the imagination enormously. But Linked Data is also sometimes surrounded by mystery. For what exactly does Linked Data mean, how does one create it, what advantages does it offer the user compared to the current situation, and what issues are still there to get started with it?
These are the questions that the report Linked Data – Perspectieven op beschrijving en gebruik of the Stadsarchief Amsterdam aims to answer. PDF rapport