Linked Data Structure:

RDF

How to best provide access to data so it can most easily be reused?

How to enable the discovery of relevent data within the multiude of availible dta sets?

How to enable applications to integrate data from large numbers of formerly iunknown data sources?

Data for Libraries Archives and

Museums grew over 1000% in 2010

FOAF (Friend of a Friend) – Defines personal relationships

Geonames – defines names of places

SKOS - defines various taxonomies

RDF Triples

Subject ObjectPredicate

Knowshttp://futurama.com/reaccuringcharacters/robot-devil

http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/knows

http://futurama.com/maincharacters/phillip-j-fry

Ontologies

RDF Characteristics

RDF links things, not just documents

RDF links are typed

Thanks

Linked Data Principles

1. Use URIs as names for things

2. Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names

3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information using standards (RDF, SPARQL)

4. Include links to other URIs so that they can discover more things

2. Use HTTP URIs so that people can look up those names

3. When someone looks up a URI, provide useful information using standards (RDF, SPARQL)

4. Include links to other URIs so that others can discover more things

Query Languages: SPARQL

PREFIX abc: <http://xmlns.com/futuramauniverse/1.01>SELECT ?capital ?countryWHERE { ?x abc:statename ?capital ; abc:isCapitalOf ?y . ?y abc:planetname ?planet ; abc:isOnPlanet abc:OmicronPersei8