On the one hand you have structured data sources such as relational DB, NoSQL datastores or OODBs and the like that allow you to query and manipulate data in a structured way. This typically involves schemata (either upfront with RDB or sort of dynamically with NoSQL that defines the data layout and the types of … Continue reading
In late 2011, Mark Nottingham, whom I very much admire on a personal and professional level, posted ‘Linking in JSON‘ which triggered quite some discussion (see the comments there). Back then already I sensed that the community at large is ready for the next aspect of the Web. A scalable, machine-targeted way to realise a … Continue reading
A little story about OData and Linked Data … Others already gave some high-level overview about OData and Linked Data, but I was interested in two concrete questions: how to utilise OData in the Linked Data Web and how to turn Linked Data into OData. As already mentioned, I consider Atom, which forms one core … Continue reading
One of the often overlooked, IMO yet important features of RESTful applications is “hypermedia as the engine of application state” (or HATEOS as RESTafarians prefer it ;) – Roy commented on this issue a while ago: When representations are provided in hypertext form with typed relations (using microformats of HTML, RDF in N3 or XML, … Continue reading
Update: for the dataset dynamics demo developed during the Linked Data Camp Vienna there is now also a screen-cast available (video, slides in PDF):
Jürgen Umbrich and I virtually participated in the LDC09 session regarding datasets dynamics. Over the past couple of days, we hacked a little demo on a distributed change notification system for Linked Open Data, based on voiD+dady and (a slightly modified version ) of an Atom feed. Here is the overall setup: In case you … Continue reading
Though I was not able to attend the 1st International Workshop on Stream Reasoning during ESWC2009 (as I was co-chairing our SPOT workshop) I did enjoy the workshop wrap-up and summary on the last day. Each workshop organizer had ten minutes to talk about how the workshop went, what the upcoming challenges are, etc. Now, … Continue reading
