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<h4>Apache License</h4>
-A popular Open Source license published by the Apache Software Foundation. <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"> Apache License, version 2.0</a> is used for many Linked Data tools and projects.
+<a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html"> Apache License, version 2.0</a> is used for many Linked Data tools and projects. It is a popular Open Source license published by the Apache Software Foundation.
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An Application Programming Interface (API) is an abstraction implemented in software that defines how others should make use of a software package such as a library or other reusable program. APIs are used to provide developers access to data and functionality from a given system.
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-<h4>Application Interface</h4>
-The part if the application that uses the content of a database in a consistent manner with a developer.
-</section>
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<h4>Blank Nodes</h4>
-RDF nodes that have no URI and thus cannot be referenced globally. They are used to stand in for anonymous entities.
+Blank nodes in the context of RDF are nodes that have no <a href=#uri">URI</a> and thus cannot be referenced globally. They are used to stand in for anonymous entities.
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<h4>CC-BY-SA License</h4>
-Work available under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" taget="blank">CC-BY-SA license</a> means you can include it in any other work under the condition that you give proper attribution. If you create derivative works (such as modified or extended versions), then you must also license them as CC-BY-SA.
+CC-BY-SA is a form of license for resources released online. Work available under a <a href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/" taget="blank">CC-BY-SA license</a> means you can include it in any other work under the condition that you give proper attribution. If you create derivative works (such as modified or extended versions), then you must also license them as CC-BY-SA.
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<h4>Closed World</h4>
-The presumption that what is not known to be true must be false. The assumption underlying relational databases, most forms of logical programming, OWL DL and OWL Lite.
+Closed world is a concept from Artificial Intelligence and refers to a model of uncertainty that an agent assumes about the external work. In a closed world, the agent presumes that what is not known to be true must be false. This is a common assumption underlying relational databases, most forms of logical programming, OWL DL and OWL Lite. See also [<a href="#open-world">Open World</a>].
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<h4>Connection</h4>
-A transport layer virtual circuit established between two programs for the purpose of communication.
+Connection is a concept from computer networking. It refers to a transport layer virtual circuit established between two programs for the purpose of communication.
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<h4>Content Negotiation</h4>
-The mechanism for selecting the appropriate representation when servicing a request. The representation of entities in any response can be negotiated (including error responses). See details from RFC 2616bis for an <a ref="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/1.1/rfc2616bis/draft-lafon-rfc2616bis-03.html#content.negotiation" target="blank">Content Negotation</a>.
+Content negotiation refers to a phase in establishing a network connection. It is a mechanism for selecting the appropriate representation when servicing a request. The representation of entities in any response can be negotiated (including error responses). For details, see <a href="http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/1.1/rfc2616bis/draft-lafon-rfc2616bis-03.html#content.negotiation" target="blank">RFC 2616b</a>. Also see [<a href="#connection">Connection</a>].
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<h4>Controlled Vocabularies</h4>
-Carefully selected sets of terms that are used to describe units of information; used to create thesauri, taxonomies and ontologies.
+Controlled vocabularies refer to the practice of using carefully selected sets of terms that are used to describe specific units of information. They are used to create thesauri, <a href="#taxonomy">taxonomies</a> and <a href="#ontology">ontologies</a>.
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<h4>Converter</h4>
-A tool or scripts that converts data from some form (e.g., spreadsheet) into Resource Description Framework (RDF). Publishing good quality, useful RDF requires expression of the relationships using Linked Data modeling subject matter expertise. Thus, modeling about the relationships implicit in the data must be performed before the data is converted from one format into RDF.
+Converter refers to a tool or script that converts data from one form to another, e.g., spreadsheet into <a href="#rdf">Resource Description Framework (RDF)</a>. Publishing good quality, useful RDF requires expression of the relationships using Linked Data modeling subject matter expertise. Thus, modeling about the relationships implicit in the data must be performed before the data is converted from one format into RDF.
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<h4>D2RQ</h4>
-D2RQ may be used to describe a mapping language definition or an Open Source platform project.
+The term D2RQ may be used to describe a mapping language definition or an Open Source platform project. See [<a href="#d2rq-platform">D2RQ Platform</a>]
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<h4>D2RQ Platform</h4>
-A system for accessing relational databases as virtual, read-only RDF graphs. It offers RDF-based access to the content of relational databases without having to replicate it into an RDF store. The D2RQ Platform allows one to query a non-RDF database using SPARQL, access the content of the database as Linked Data over the Web, create custom dumps in RDF formats for loading into an RDF triplestore, and access information in a non-RDF database using the Apache Jena API. See the <a ref="http://d2rq.org/">D2RQ Open Source Project</a>.
+<a href="http://d2rq.org/">D2RQ platform</a> refers to a system for accessing relational databases as virtual, read-only RDF graphs. It offers RDF-based access to the content of relational databases without having to replicate it into an RDF store. The D2RQ Platform allows one to query a non-RDF database using SPARQL, access the content of the database as Linked Data over the Web, create custom dumps in RDF formats for loading into an RDF triplestore, and access information in a non-RDF database using the Apache Jena API. See the D2RQ Open Source Project and also the <a href="#d2rq-mapping-language-description">D2RQ Mapping Language description</a>.
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<h4>D2RQ Mapping Language</h4>
-A declarative lanugage for mapping relational database schemas to RDF vocabularies and OWL ontologies. The language is implmented in the D2RQ Platform. See the <a href="http://d2rq.org/d2rq-language">D2RQ Mapping Language</a> description.
+D2RQ mapping language refers to a declarative language for mapping relational database schemas to RDF vocabularies and OWL ontologies. The language is implemented in the D2RQ Platform. Also see [<a href="#d2rq-platform">D2RQ Platform</a>].
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<h4>Database to RDF Queueing</h4>
-A mechanism to query information in traditional management systems such as relational databases via the SPARQL query language. D2RQ may refer to the language definition or the Open Source Software project.
+Database to RDF queueing refers to a mechanism to query information in traditional management systems such as relational databases via the SPARQL query language. An example, see [<a href="#d2rq">D2RQ</a>].
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{ name: "Bernadette Hyland", url: "http://3roundstones.com/about-us/leadership-team/bernadette-hyland/", company: "3 Round Stones", companyURL: "http://3roundstones.com/"},
{ name: "Ghislain Atemezing", url: "http://www.eurecom.fr/~atemezin", company: "Eurecom", companyURL: "http://www.eurecom.fr"}
],
+ { name: "Biplav Srivastava", url: "", company: "IBM", companyURL: "http://www.ibm.com/in/research/"}
+ ],
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