AudioScrobbler Scalability

The AudioScrobbler folk are thinking very hard about scalability. Having recently switched to a new database server they're now pondering what other changes they may need to make to ensure that the service scales as smoothly as possible. In this posting to the audioscrobbler-development list Richard Jones outlines some proposed options. It seems that they've … Continue reading AudioScrobbler Scalability →

RDF Adventure Game

Liam Quinn wrote an adventure game using RDF (data). Found via the SWIG chump, and noted here so I can find it again in the future. I was reminded of it after stumbling across Inform a design system for interactive fiction that's been around since 1993. Since its invention...Inform has been used to design some … Continue reading RDF Adventure Game →

XML UK: Optimal XML

I spoke at the XML UK Optimal XML event in Cambridge yesterday under the topic of "Scanning the Horizon: What's Hot in Upcoming XML Technologies". The talk seemed to go well, which I was quite pleased about. Lots of questions at the end which I usually take to be a good sign that people were … Continue reading XML UK: Optimal XML →

Audioscrobbler

Audioscrobbler is another service that meets the criteria described in "Scattered Self. I've just signed up, and already have an RSS 1.0 feed of my recent listening. Very cool site.

How to make RDF and JSP place nicely together?

Via Gavin (via the chumpologica): An application architecture that should yield superior productivity. Interesting stuff. I've been pondering something similar myself, mainly because I have a slice of an application I'm working on that I want to replace with an RDF data model and storage. To achieve this successfully I need to make sure that … Continue reading How to make RDF and JSP place nicely together? →

Get Your FOAF On: Events continued

Part of the continuing Get Your FOAF On series, this tutorial is a companion to the earlier installment on events, covering some specific types of event description. While the RDF iCalender effort is certainly the most rigorous approach to describing events in RDF, this doesn't mean that it's the only way to do it and … Continue reading Get Your FOAF On: Events continued →

MusicBrainz RDF Schema

This has already circulated to a few folk, but I thought I'd share it with a wider audience. Basically I've written up a first attempt at an RDF Schema for MusicBrainz. Here's the schema and here's the accompanying notes, including some comments on how SongBuddy exports its data as RDF and how this might be … Continue reading MusicBrainz RDF Schema →

Scattered Self

Over the past few months I've begun scattering my online presence over a number of different services, taking advantage of their XML/RDF interfaces to re-integrate myself using my FOAF description. Here are some notes on my experiences so far, and some suggestions for a couple of other services that I'd like to see built. Currently … Continue reading Scattered Self →

SAXON

Via Cafe con Leche I notice that Saxon 7.9 has been released. The interesting thing is that Mike Kay has founded Saxonica Limited which will offer professional services and additional modules, including a schema-aware processor as a commercial offering. I've used Saxon for a long time now. It's my XSLT processor of choice. I've never … Continue reading SAXON →

FOAF Blogrolls

I came across a posting from Matthew Haughey this morning which contained this comment: I think developers forget that people won't or can't use any technology until it's got an easy-to-use interface. I know it's important at some level, but I couldn't care less about say, which RDF vocabulary FOAF will use, I only care … Continue reading FOAF Blogrolls →