Evolution of Linked Data Application Domains From 2009 to 2015: A Systematic Literature Review

Nowadays, research in Linked Data has significantly advanced and it now entails enormous area of applications like research publications and data sets. Its flexibility and effectiveness in handling and linking data from numerous sources has made Linked Data more popular. The aim of this article is to systematically present literature review of Linked Data and its development since 2009. Moreover, cumulative experiences and lessons learned from recent years will be highlighted. Findings showed that Linked Data has grown in the past five years in terms of number of datasets, research publications and domain-specific applications.