Re: [tangle] getting the semweb exactly wrong

On 4 Jan 2006, at 20:23, Richard Cyganiak wrote:
> On 4 Jan 2006, at 20:03, Tim Berners-Lee wrote:
>> One answer is: don't!  The SemWeb is about conecting the data to  
>> what it means.
>> Keep the data in the place where it works and runs fast.
>> Find/Write ontologies about what the data is about.
>> Run a virtual RDF server (supporting SPARQL if a large DB) on top  
>> of the data.
>> publish the connection between the database columns and the  
>> ontolgies.
>
> I don't get this last bit. Why would someone know what database  
> column a bit of data comes from? Isn't this an implementation  
> detail that should better be hidden from consumers of the RDF?

check out d2rq
http://www.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/suhl/bizer/d2rq/

Any other tools that do the same?

Henry


> Richard
>
>
>>
>> Look at ways to connect the DB with others inside & outside the  
>> company.
>>
>> Write new reports in terms the model at higher level of  
>> abstraction, using the RDF apis.
>>
>> Tim