Two years ago I wrote a short paper about "layering" data but for various reasons never got round to putting it online. The paper tried to capture some of my thinking at the time about the opportunities and approaches for publishing and aggregating data on the web. I've finally got around to uploading it and … Continue reading Layered Data: A Paper & Some Commentary
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RDF and JSON: A Clash of Model and Syntax
I had been meaning to write this post for some time. After reading Jeni Tennison's post from earlier this week I had decided that I didn't need too, but Jeni and Thomas Roessler suggested I publish my thoughts. So here they are. I've got more things to say about where efforts should be expended in … Continue reading RDF and JSON: A Clash of Model and Syntax
Gridworks Reconciliation API Implementation
Gridworks is a really fantastic tool and there's scope to extend it in all kinds of interesting ways. Jeni Tennison has recently published a great blog post describing how to use Gridworks for generating Linked Data. I strongly encourage you to read her posting as it not only provides a good introduction to Gridworks itself, … Continue reading Gridworks Reconciliation API Implementation
Approaches to Publishing Linked Data via Named Graphs
This is a follow-up to my previous post on managing RDF using named graphs. In that post I looked at the basic concept of named graphs, how they are used in SPARQL 1.0/1.1, and discussed RESTful APIs for managing named graphs. In this post I wanted to look at how Named Graphs can be used … Continue reading Approaches to Publishing Linked Data via Named Graphs