This week, I thought we would take a look at some of the quotes around the web from Sir Tim Berners-Lee. Sometimes, we’ll agree and gain a real insight into the power of data integration, sometimes we will agree to differ. This is one of those occasions where the latter is true.

Comments Sir Tim Berners-Lee: “So, some data is scraped from HTML pages, some of it is pulled out of databases, some of it comes from projects which have been in XML. So, things come in many different ways. And once they’re exported, as you browse around the RDF graph, as you write mash-ups to reuse that data, you really don’t have to be aware of how it was produced.”

For truly useful business information, the source is everything. That is why we extract data directly from the source – the accounts package. And that is why intelligent use of source business information is empowering credit analysts to make more informed decisions. Search is a long way from being perfect as anyone who uses Google regularly knows. That the base data on which you are relying to make critical decisions is valid and accurate is a major step forward.