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Linked Data is a sub-topic of the Semantic Web. The term Linked Data is used to describe a method of exposing, sharing, and connecting data via dereferenceable URIs on the Web. (Source: Wikipedia )

Additional meta data from the linked data cloud can be obtained to enrich existing thesaurus concepts. This data can be used to enhance search functionalities.

Narrower: linked open data, linked data cloud

Related: metadata

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