The next decade of web design
Micah Herstand
Linked data and the web
People want the information or data that is hidden behind our computers
The semantic web allows us to connect to linked data
Web pages are interfaces to allow us to combine and use the data
How are the connections represented? What is the context?
Links are unknown and take you away from where you currently are. How do we build trust and context into links?
Constraints are valuable in building context
1 uris for everything
2 uris respond with useful information
3 relationships between data
How do we design in the linked data environment
1990s
Behaviour
Style, structure, content
2000s
Style | behavior
Structure
APIs (content)
Data (content)
2010s
Style | behavior
Structure
Linked data (content)
A new kind of link
Facebook likes – you know what this is because of context
Google rich snippets
Using micro formats
Ogp.me
Linkeddata.org
Tangible constraints of distance are lost on the web