The document discusses the rise of open data and the coming "Web of Data". It notes that open data is becoming the new default for government information sharing and has the potential to unlock trillions in economic value across various domains like health care, transportation and education. As data volumes continue to grow exponentially, the public sector is a major generator and collector of data, fueling other industries. The inventor of the World Wide Web, Tim Berners-Lee, envisions the next phase being a "Web of Data" that connects all this information.