Kurt Cagle is a writer, consulting information architect and blogger specializing in Smart Data, XML publishing and the Semantic Web. He has helped a number of Fortune 500 companies and Federal and International agencies develop smart linked data and semantic web strategies. He blogs regularly on Linked In (http://linkedin.com/in/kurt_cagle) and The Metaphorical Web (http://www.medium.com/metaphorical-web. He lives in Issaquah, Washington, and enjoys drinking coffee and watching the rain come down.