Berners-Lee Deconstructs a Bag of Chips 128
itwbennett writes "At the O'Reilly Gov 2.0 Expo, being held this week in Washington, DC, Tim Berners-Lee compared the concept of linked open data to a bag of Utz Kettle Classics Crunchy Potato chips: 'The outside of the bag contains different sets of information, each using a different vocabulary and coming from a different source, Berners-Lee explained. The front of the package displays the name of the brand and the company's own marketing claim that the chips are crunchy. The back of the package has nutritional information, such as calories and vitamins, defined by terms generated by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Finally, there is a Universal Product Code (UPC) bar code on the bottom of the package, which is not understood by humans at all but rather is recognized by scanning machines globally as the moniker for the item. In other words, this single package of information actually is a collection of data and attributes that have been developed by multiple parties, not just Utz.'"
TFT (The full talk) - on Youtube (Score:2, Informative)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga1aSJXCFe0
Re:Crisps (Score:3, Informative)
Yes... chips are what they call french fries.
No. "French Fries" derive their name from julienning, the French term for cutting into thin strips. British chips are not thinly julienned, they are more thickly sliced, though not as thickly as "wedges."
French Fries and English Chips are not the same thing.
Re:Northeast Brand (Score:2, Informative)
I was born and raised in the land of Utz (Hanover, PA) and let me tell you, Utz is a far better chip than anything Lays or Pringles (blech) offers. Especially the Kettle Classics that Mr. Berners-Lee used in his demo. They are indeed very crunchy and extremely flavorful because they're cooked in 100% peanut oil from potatoes grown locally and genetically bred to produce the perfect chip. The "Smokin' Sweet" flavor is by far the best of the Kettle Classics. If you aren't able to get Utz where you live, I believe you can order them from utz.com. Get a bag and I bet you won't disagree with a word I've said, unless of course, you're horribly allergic to peanuts. Even then you wouldn't (couldn't) disagree because you'd probably be dead :)
Re:Northeast Brand (Score:2, Informative)