I can not speak much on the Linked Open Data but I think the reason you see so much more Linked Data in Europe is that they have been working with RDF in research and development projects much longer then we have here in the US (i.e. European Linked Data research is much more mature than Linked Data research in the US).

If I may then expand into the Open Data issue. I think Europe was just 'at the right place at the right time'. When the Open Data movement took off (in the mid 2000s), Europeans saw this new emerging web based model (RDF) as a natural fit for publishing open data. Conversely in the US the Open data movement, lets say the Open Government Data movement (http://www.data.gov/) so we can point to a specific service, relied on older data formats and even worse sometimes proprietary formats (Excel spreadsheets for example) to publish the open data. 

I can not speak much on other US open data initiatives but but that is my opinion with regards to Linked Open Data in Europe vs the US (for what it is worth).

Thanks,

Jeff Mixter
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Yes, I absolutely agree Eric - I am not sure if it is because we have no National Library - it might just be because of the US notions of individuality and freedom of commerce - as a country, we just won't tell anyone what to do, even if it’s to be open.

LIBER open data agreement: http://libereurope.eu/libers-open-access-publication-guidelines/

Sir Tim, Open Data Institute in Britain: http://theodi.org/team/timbl ; http://theodi.org/

EU/EC Neelie Kroes, open data - http://ec.europa.eu/commission_2010-2014/kroes/en/tags/data

My 2 cents and worth every penny -
deb


On Dec 19, 2014, at 8:48 AM, Eric Lease Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> I don’t know about y’all, but it seems to me that things like linked data and open access are larger trends in Europe than here in the United States. Is there are larger commitment to sharing in Europe when compared to the United States? If so, is this a factor based on the nonexistence of a national library in the United States? Is this your perception too? —Eric Morgan

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