Towards a Linked Data Publishing Methodology

Abstract

Linked open government data (LOGD) can be a catalyst in the development of value-added services and products. The vision of many Linked Open Data (LOD) projects is to make publishing and reuse of linked data as easy as possible for the end user thanks to a thriving marketplace with data publishers, developers, and consumers along the value chain. In the large scale LOD project "Fusepool P3", tourism-related applications and software components were developed that support data owners and open data enthusiasts in transforming legacy data to linked data. Based on experiences from this project, we present reflections and discuss pitfalls in drawing a linked data publishing methodology. An integrated view on all phases of the publishing process has not been described so far, for the technical phases linked data life-cycles have been identified only. The methodology developed enables stakeholders to transfer the lessons learned to other use cases and application contexts. This allows for better estimation of efforts and skills for future LOD projects.