Definition: Linking Open Data (LOD)

Linking Open Data (LOD) is a community project related to the Semantic Web and Linked Data aligned with the Open Data Movement which seeks to promote a Data Commons consisting of open datasets published in RDF with widespread linking between the datasets.

"The goal of the W3C SWEO Linking Open Data community project is to extend the Web with a data commons by publishing various open data sets as RDF on the Web and by setting RDF links between data items from different data sources." -- W3C Linking Open Data community project wiki

"The Open Data Movement aims at making data freely available to everyone." -- W3C Linking Open Data community project wiki

See the W3C Linking Open Data community project wiki.