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The LOD2 project aims at easing the publishing of Linked Data in RDF formet.  In this blog,
I guide you through the process of interlinking two datasets using the LOD2 stack.
The tutorial is based on our work for the LOD2 project and is also available at
the wiki of the LOD2 stack.

The 1st version of the LOD2 Stack has been published in September 2011 in the form of a LOD2 Stack demo

These terms are very often used interchangeably… and cause a lot confusion doing so! These ‘things’ happen to be our expertise at TenForce: we develop them and make systems that use them. And pragmatic as we are we usually don’t bother too much about the right name. ‘Cause what’s in a name?  That which we call a taxonomy by any other name would work as well. But we don’t want you to be confused either, so let’s go for a short ride through the land of Knowledge Organization Systems.

What do they have in common?

Taxonomies, thesauri and ontologies are systems that help you organize your knowledge.

Think of a library: the knowledge is kept in books and placed on shelves in an alphabetical order. A very practical system! We all know how to find a book when we know the title or the author.