Publishing SPARQL queries and documentation using github

Yesterday I released an early version of sparql-doc a SPARQL documentation generator. I've got plans for improving the functionality of the tool, but I wanted to briefly document how to use github and sparql-doc to publish SPARQL queries and their documentation. Create a github project for the queries First, create a new github project to … Continue reading Publishing SPARQL queries and documentation using github →

sparql-doc

Developers often struggle with SPARQL queries. There aren't always enough good examples to play with when learning the language or when trying to get to grips with a new dataset. Data publishers often overlook the need to publish examples or, if they do, rarely include much descriptive documentation. I've also been involved with projects that … Continue reading sparql-doc →

A Brief Review of the Land Registry Linked Data

The Land Registry have today announced the publication of their Open Data -- including both Price Paid information and Transactions as Linked Data. This is great to see, as it means that there is another UK public body making a commitment to Linked Data publishing. I've taken some time to begin exploring the data. This … Continue reading A Brief Review of the Land Registry Linked Data →

How I organise data conversions

Factual announced a new project last week, called Drake which is billed as a "make for data". The tool provides a make style environment for building workflows for data conversions, it has support for multiple programming languages, uses a standard project layout, and integrates with HDFS. It looks like a really nice tool and I … Continue reading How I organise data conversions →

How to use dpm with data.gov.uk

The Data Package Manager is an Open Knowledge Foundation project to create a tool to support discovery and distribution of datasets. The tool uses the concept of a "data package" to describe the basic metadata for a dataset plus the supporting files. Packages are indexed in a registry to make them searchable and to support … Continue reading How to use dpm with data.gov.uk →