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Re:An Intro To The Semantic Web: Why You Need To Know About ... by mindcrime on Monday February 14, 2011 @11:22AM (#2217296)
Depends on which data you're talking about and what the purpose of sharing it is. If it's a catalog of items for sale on an e-commerce site, then sharing that data widely - in order to make those items more discoverable - might be just what a company wants.
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Re:An Intro To The Semantic Web: Why You Need To Know About ... by matei on Monday February 14, 2011 @11:27AM (#2217317)
True. This means that the result will be just improved vertical searches of products which is kind of what price comparator sites already do pretty well these days.
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