<p>One of the issues with today’s internet is that a lot of data is siloed. Consequently, users are locked into Big Tech ecosystems and its hard to reuse data. Joep Meindertsma, CEO of <a href="https://ontola.io/">Ontola.io</a>, talks about how his project <a href="https://atomicdata.dev/">Atomic Data</a> addresses this problem with LinkedData. The free and open source project is a modular specification for sharing, modifying and modeling data. It uses links to connect pieces of data which makes it easier to connect datasets - even when these datasets exist on separate machines.</p>
<p>Inspired by Tim Berners-Lee, Joep works on an iteration of the semantic web that enforces JSON compatibility and type safety.</p>
<p>He also talks about the effect of NGI Zero funding on Atomic Tables and has some advice for people who are considering to <a href="https://nlnet.nl/funding.html">apply for an NGI Zero grant</a>.</p>
<p>Links mentioned in the episode:</p>
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<a href="https://atomicdata.dev/">Atomic Data</a>
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<a href="http://Ontola.io">Ontola.io</a>
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<a href="https://www.w3.org/community/atomic-data/">W3C Atomic Data Community Group</a>
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<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/Solid-Search/">Solid Search (NGI0 link)</a>
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<a href="https://nlnet.nl/project/AtomicData/">Atomic Data (NGI0 link)</a>
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<a href="https://NLnet.nl/project/AtomicTables">AtomicTables (NGI0 link)</a>
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<a href="https://nlnet.nl/NGI0/services/">NGI Zero support services</a>
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