Bob sells the car to Mary on February 3, 2011 for $7,250.
We now have another event to add to the graph, similar to the first one.
Note the link between the car and the second purchase event. This is not just a deal between Bob and Mary, the car is still the subject. We begin to see that graphs can be quite complex. In an application one would normally select the relevant parts of the graph that are needed for any particular function. Unlike a data format that uses a record format, graphs have no "natural" limits but it also is not necessary to ingest or work with elements that are not needed for the application or function. Your application can select only those elements of interest for the current function:
Note also that any of the elements here can link to data on the Web. Data does not have to be linked in any particular order. It is possible to build graphs dynamically based on needs. In fact, the ability to add data at any time could make the transition to linked data easier than other data conversions because the data can be converted and linked gradually as applications are created that can make use of the data format.
