I've tended to view the web as about links, hence lots of web of data stuff. But it's a surprisingly contentious point.
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Replying to @tomcoates
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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Replying to @slightlylate @tomcoates
That is, nobody has to date created a vibrant data-only web ecosystem. It all gets hooked to UI or dies on the vine.
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Replying to @slightlylate @tomcoates
Totally agree. People who define the web as decoupled from browsers are missing a key characteristic of the web: it's everywhere.
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By this are you talking about the fact that the core value of URLs is that they integrate human society into an app platform?
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Replying to @littlecalculist @wycats and
Whereas a data linking ecosystem doesn't need human transferability/readability
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Like, there's smthg obviously sensible about building a data ecosystem on top of an existing pervasive one instead of starting from scratch.
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Replying to @littlecalculist @wycats and
So I'm trying to figure out what would cause that to fail.
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Data ecosystems have very little intrinsic value and virtually no stickiness/vitality. You can adapt even the weirdest formats, like HTML
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Replying to @wycats @littlecalculist and
"I can run this app on any device with a screen" vs "this data is available to any program with has a client for this protocol"
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Wiiiiildly different value propositions.
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