Can We Create Better Links by Playing Games?

Just like links are the backbone of the traditional World Wide Web, they are an equally important element in the Data Web. There exist a variety of automated tools, which are able to create a high number of links between RDF resources by using heuristics. However, without manual verification of the created links, it is difficult to ensure high precision and recall. In this article, we investigate whether game based approaches can be used to improve this manual verification stage. Based on the VeriLinks game platform, which we developed, we describe experiments using a survey and statistics collected within a specific interlinking game. Using three different link tasks as examples, we present an analysis of the strengths and limitations of game based link verification.