Federating Platforms with Linked Data
What do Blablacar, LaFourchette, AirBnB, Uber, Android, Kindle, Facebook, Wikipedia, (…) have in common? They are prototypal examples of “multi-sided platforms” (MSPs), in a sense that, originally defined by economists, has become widely acknowledged, especially since Jean Tirole, who pioneered research in this domain, was awarded the Nobel Prize in economics, in 2014.
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