Next Phase of the Data Economy:  W3C's Semantic Web and LinkedData | Web 3.0 | Scoop.it

In continuing the search for open data one cannot possibly overlook the W3C (the World Wide Web Consortium).  In my opinion the W3C has had more impact on our information technology lives over the past 18+ years than any other open standards or open source entity. 

[...] Specific to open data, W3C continues to play a central, albeit heretofore relatively quiet, role; that quietude will soon change.  Despite the hype around Apache Hadoop and related open source “big data” projects, if one considers the term “big data” from a wider context, all the way out to what I like to call the Data Economy, then W3C plays a more strategic role than Hadoop and its many cousins.  Let’s explore further.