Announce: Kasabi Public Beta, RDF data hosting and Linked Data publishing

Hi,

If you'll forgive the product announcement, I wanted to let people
know that we've launched the Kasabi Public Beta today. The
announcement is here [1] and the beta side is accessible from [2]

The beta includes RDF data hosting and Linked Data publishing, the API
supports importing of RDFa data too. The dataset directory is
available as RDF and there are VoiD descriptions of each dataset, e.g.
[4]. We're using a simple experimental vocabulary extension to VoiD
[5] to point to additional APIs relating to a dataset [5]. This is to
allow clients to boot-strap discovery of services in a RESTful way.

The site allows uses to create APIs either using the Linked Data API
specification, or something that we're calling SPARQL Stored
Procedures [6]. The goal is to support as broad a range of data access
options as possible, and enable new ways for developers to share their
skills. E.g. simplifying access to a dataset by creating a simpler API
over a SPARQL query, or just sharing SPARQL queries for a particular
dataset.

I'd welcome feedback on any of these features. We have a separate
developer list at [7] for more detailed discussion, but there are some
general features and services which I think are of interest to this
community :)

Cheers,

L.

[1]. http://blog.kasabi.com/2011/06/03/kasabi-public-beta/
[2]. http://beta.kasabi.com
[3]. http://data.kasabi.com/datasets
[4]. http://data.kasabi.com/dataset/bricklink
[5]. http://labs.kasabi.com/ns/services
[6]. http://beta.kasabi.com/doc/api/sparql-stored-procedure
[7]. http://groups.google.com/group/kasabi-dev

-- 
Leigh Dodds
Programme Manager, Talis Platform
Mobile: 07850 928381
http://kasabi.com
http://talis.com

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Received on Friday, 3 June 2011 11:29:31 UTC