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LinkedSpending

What is it about?

LinkedSpending adds government spending data to the Semantic Web.

Why is it important?

Public spending services satisfy basic information needs, but in their current form they do not allow queries which go further than simple keyword search or which cannot be answered with data from one system alone.Transforming OpenSpending to Linked Data and publishing it adds to and profits from the Semantic Web, which offers benefits including a standardized interface, easier data integration and complex queries over multiple knowledge bases.

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