I find that definitions that stretch beyond utility as UI (first and foremost) generally end up in the weeds; data is a good example.
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...which leads to one of my great disappointments with the browser and webdev communities: such narrow thinking about data problems.
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It's 2017 and you still need gobs of JS to populate a <table> from a CSV file. WTF?
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There are data sets and APIs that survived because they were divorced from a specific UI, like those from NOAA and USGS.
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Those specific datasets survived because of engaged public servants and thoughtful regulation.
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I think the UI thing is a bit of a red herring. I mean, sure, a core part of the web is the ability to see, link to and reference data
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But arguing for the presence of a UI does not mean the UI defines the edges of what the web can be.
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