Thanks Sebastian.

I'm not questioning the vision or technical approach, and I think you should be even more explicit regarding the benefits of the feedback loop for data providers :)

I was mostly wondering about the (data marketplace) business model based.

Back in 2010-2014, several data marketplaces were launched with the idea of leveraging Semantic Web principles and technologies to provide more advanced data capabilities and improve dataset discovery, consumption, publishing, and monetization. The specific company I had in mind was Kasabi, which was built on top of Talis' Semantic Web platform, but there were others. I don't think it worked out very well for them in the long term, mostly because the market was not there at the time.

Here are some references about Kasabi, to illustrate:

- http://www.dataversity.net/kasabi-sees-a-business-model-in-rdf-data/
- https://www.slideshare.net/ldodds/kasabi-linked-data-marketplace
- http://cloudofdata.com/2012/02/data-market-chat-leigh-dodds-discusses-kasabi/
- https://gigaom.com/2012/07/09/kasabi-shuts-down-says-data-marketplace-too-slow/

Best.
-N.

On Mon, May 14, 2018 at 3:00 PM, Thad Guidry <thadguidry@gmail.com> wrote:

Thanks Sebastian,

But that handout doesn't clarify much about which data will be free....and which data will not be included in free download datasets. I need clear understand of where there will be a paywall...and where there will not be a paywall. I guess your still working on those economics, so I'll wait after the summer and see where things are then.

I'm all for paid services where they offer value. But not for paid services that offer little to no value.

Thanks,
-Thad