Views are an important feature of relational databases, providing a way to abstract over complex queries, subset data to just the minium required for a given task, as well as providing a point around which a schema can be refactored without having to (immediately) change the applications that use it. So far I'm not aware … Continue reading Views in Triple Stores →

Whilst upgrading my Audioscrobbler WinAmp plugin today to be conformant to the latest submission protocol (my RESTful redesign didn't gain any traction unfortunately) I discovered that they're been busy on their web services interface. Alongside the original RSS 1.0 "recent tracks" feed, there is now an RSS 2.0 feed, a plain text version, and a … Continue reading FOAF from Audiscrobbler →