This document discusses the development of linked data and the semantic web over the past 13 years. It outlines how initially the goal was to build the semantic web as a precursor to use, but that approach changed to focus on publishing data so that people could start building applications using that data incrementally. Two examples are given of published linked data sets from the British Museum and LinkedBrainz. The document argues that linked data is now about enabling systems integration across different applications and domains. It also addresses concerns about publishing linked data leading to untrue claims, and introduces ResearchSpace, a platform for researchers to make annotated claims and arguments about GLAM data using linked data techniques.