Using Jena in an Application Server

I've been lurking on the jena-dev mailing list for a while now, and I'm constantly impressed with the level of patience displayed by the jena team at handling repeated questions and queries. This is despite the comprehensive documentation which covers all aspects of the toolkit. Often these queries stray outside the realm of RDF and … Continue reading Using Jena in an Application Server →

Information Aesthetics

I don't normally do link blogging, but the information aesthetics blog is too cool not to share, where else can you read about an augmented reality kitchen, the gori node garden, or street clocks? No attribution as I can't remember where I discovered it. Quite possibly via oishii! which is often a source of my … Continue reading Information Aesthetics →

Notes on Creating the WebJay API

Am catching up a bit here as I've been on holiday and then away travelling over the last few weeks. Lucas Gonze has written up an excellent response to my XTech paper discussing the design decisions and trade-offs he encountered whilst designing the WebJay API. This was exactly the kind of discussion and sharing I … Continue reading Notes on Creating the WebJay API →

Goodbye XML-Deviant

I see Micah's latest XML-Deviant is up on XML.com this week, and its also to be the last in the series. It's a shame to see it go as I've enjoyed reading the column over the last few years. I also thoroughly enjoyed contributing to the column during my own period of XML-Deviancy. But all … Continue reading Goodbye XML-Deviant →