RESTful Service Descriptions

Continuing his web services experiments, Norm Walsh has apparently been defeated by the complexity of WSDL. Can't say that I blame him not giving up; the fewer moving parts is one of the reasons I like REST so much, there's less chance for APIs to get in the way. I agree with Norm that some … Continue reading RESTful Service Descriptions →

Speaking at XTech: Social Content Web Services

While the final schedule isn't up yet, I've received an email to note that one of my XTech proposals has been accepted. The paper is titled "Connecting Social Content Services using FOAF, RDF and REST", and here's the abstract I submitted: A growing number of "social content" applications such as flickr, del.icio.us, audioscrobbler, and AllConsuming … Continue reading Speaking at XTech: Social Content Web Services →

WITW Feedback

Starting here Norm Walsh is blogging the development of his "Where in the World?" (WITW) web service. The laudable goal being to explore web services architecture and design issues by actually building something, and seeking feedback along the way. Excellent stuff! Elsewhere David Megginson is prompting similar discussion by posing a number of REST design … Continue reading WITW Feedback →

Where Should XML Go?

Liam Quin has been thinking about XML 2.0 and has posted an article to Advogato titled "Where Should XML Go?". Quin is obviously trying to reach a wider community than just the hardcode XML users, noting in his diary that: Where would you go (or post) to ask people why they're not using XML? There … Continue reading Where Should XML Go? →

Sample Sparql Queries

At some point I'm intending to write a little series of tutorials for Sparql which, coupled with Twinkle, will hopefully prove useful to people getting to grips with the language. For the moment though I thought I'd post a few sample queries to get people started. The examples include some that refer to my own … Continue reading Sample Sparql Queries →

Twinkle 0.2

I've just uploaded another iteration of my Java Sparql query tool, Twinkle. Read the original announcement for background; read the list of changes; or just download Twinkle 0.2. The release basically adds some usability niceties such as accelerator keys, tool tips, status bar, etc. Errors processing queries should now also now be visible in the … Continue reading Twinkle 0.2 →

Bootstrapping a Corporate Wiki

Lauren Wood recently has recently been seeking input from people successfully using a Wiki in a corporate environment. I've been meaning to write up my own experiences in this area for a while, as I've spent the last few years nurturing a burgeoning Wiki culture at Ingenta. Lauren's request was the spur I needed to … Continue reading Bootstrapping a Corporate Wiki →

MusicBrainz Java API beta-2

I've just uploaded beta-2 of my Java API to MusicBrainz RDF web service. The API is Creative Commons licensed and is built around the Jena 2 Semantic Web toolkit. The API provides raw access to the RDF returned from the service, but also a simple JavaBean layer for developers wanting a simpler interface to the … Continue reading MusicBrainz Java API beta-2 →