Linked open data can produce a more interconnected and navigable scientific environment that enables: better integration of research materials; the ability to address the specifics of nomenclature, discourse, and methodologies; and the ability to respect institutional and individual investments. This paper proposes an ecology of linked data publication based on the establishment of collaborations between the communities of researchers, publishers, and libraries. This view is tempered by the state of practice in publishing linked data and infrastructural gaps in the potential for such collaborations, particularly in the humanities and social sciences. Addendum: This article was originally published in Scholarly and Research Communication in 2015. While some of the information therein may not be as pertinent today, it presents a challenge that has since been undertaken by a number of initiatives, most notably the Linked Infrastructure for Networked Cultural Scholarship (LINCS) project, Revue 2.0, and the Information Economy Meta-Language (IEML).