Linked Data... singular or plural?

2	Should the phrase "Linked Data" be considered singular or plural in the general case? Linked Data are published... Linked Data is published... ...which do you think? linkeddata asked 02 Sep '11, 22:48 Signified ♦ 21.4k●6●22 accept rate: 39%

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:) maybe "grammar girl" helps you...

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answered 03 Sep '11, 02:56

turnguard
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Useful ref, thanks! Seems that both are valid in some sense (unless "Linked Data" is a special case distinct from just "data").

(03 Sep '11, 07:25) Signified ♦

The term "linked data" is plural, if it the data are countable, which means having a SPARQL endpoint supporting SPARQL 1.1 COUNT, I guess... :-)

(03 Sep '11, 15:23) jindrichm

linkeddatum.com isn't taken. Must... stop... parking... overly... clever... domain names...

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answered 03 Sep '11, 10:27

bobdc
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FWIW, overlycleverdomainnames.com is also free.

(03 Sep '11, 11:07) Signified ♦

But which URI would you use that for, Bob? How would you choose?! ;)

(08 Sep '11, 16:00) Eric Franzon ♦♦

1	Just going by the way it sounds I think singular. link answered 02 Sep '11, 23:28 harschware ♦ 7.5k●6●16 accept rate: 19% Agreed, yep. (03 Sep '11, 07:26) Signified ♦

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