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{{KidsIntro|"Structured data" means organising information so computers can read it and connect it, like putting a clear label on every box so the right machine can find what is inside. On WikiDeal, some data is private (your identity, your bank details, photos of a flat you want to rent out) and some data is public on purpose (the content of contracts people choose to publish, whether a contract was signed or completed, and overall usage statistics). One idea guides the whole effort: your habits and your commercial behaviour are not for sale. It is a bit like nobody being allowed to walk into your head or your home: what you buy, how you behave, and your private practices stay yours. To picture it, think of a babysitter who keeps their own qualifications and references and can show them to a family when asked, without any platform storing or reselling them.}} | {{KidsIntro|"Structured data" means organising information so computers can read it and connect it, like putting a clear label on every box so the right machine can find what is inside. On WikiDeal, some data is private (your identity, your bank details, photos of a flat you want to rent out) and some data is public on purpose (the content of contracts people choose to publish, whether a contract was signed or completed, and overall usage statistics). One idea guides the whole effort: your habits and your commercial behaviour are not for sale. It is a bit like nobody being allowed to walk into your head or your home: what you buy, how you behave, and your private practices stay yours. To picture it, think of a babysitter who keeps their own qualifications and references and can show them to a family when asked, without any platform storing or reselling them.}} | ||
== Structured Data (Linked Data) == | == Structured Data (Linked Data) == | ||
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=== Why it matters === | === Why it matters === | ||
On most platforms today, if a service is free, the user tends to be the product: behaviour is collected, analysed, and resold (a pattern often described as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism surveillance capitalism]). WikiDeal '''is guided by''' the opposite principle. The intention is that there is no resale of users' habits or commercial tendencies, because the data is meant to belong to the users themselves. | On most platforms today, if a service is free of charge, the user tends to be the product: behaviour is collected, analysed, and resold (a pattern often described as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surveillance_capitalism surveillance capitalism]). WikiDeal '''is guided by''' the opposite principle. The intention is that there is no resale of users' habits or commercial tendencies, because the data is meant to belong to the users themselves. | ||
Put plainly, the goal is that nobody, no other [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]], not the Ynternet.org Foundation, not the WikiDeal operator, gets to walk into your head or your home. Your buying patterns and private commercial practices are meant to stay yours. | Put plainly, the goal is that nobody, no other [[Gov/en/Portal:R&D/Innovations:User Groups|User Group]], not the Ynternet.org Foundation, not the WikiDeal operator, gets to walk into your head or your home. Your buying patterns and private commercial practices are meant to stay yours. | ||