LOD in the Enterprise

• Semantic technologies may set new standardsfor application integration andsupport/replace classic middleware products. but they might be primarily used inside thefirewall.

• Selected datasets may later be exposed to theinternet publicly using Linked Data principles. e.g. content from a knowledge base

Potential use cases , e.g. from theCustomer Relationship Management Area

• Make visible what you know about yourcustomer

• Make visible, what you do know aboutcompanies which are similar to your customer? (same size, same employee number cluster, same industry)

• Make use of public data (e.g. by the government)

Smart use cases required to show application ofLOD principles in the enterprise space

Requirements for use cases

• Low implementation effort (for linking existingdata) with fast visible effects

• Enterprises need to collect experiences in limited, non-critical areas

…the market also needs:– Production level tools which publish informationto the WoD (in or outside the firewall)

– Production level tools to consume data from LOD