Re: APIs to work with data on the web

Laufer,

Your issue is really about Collection Description. Here is some possibly
useful material: http://www.dublincore.org/groups/collections/ and
http://www.dlib.org/dlib/september00/powell/09powell.html.

The point is that if you want people to find a collection as an
identifiable entity, the collection owner needs to create a Resource with a
URI for the Collection. The description of that Collection can then point
to the members of the Collection. Otherwise, you might be able to do a
SPARQL query to get a set of results.

Is that what you're asking for?

Makx.


2014-03-18 15:23 GMT+01:00 Laufer <laufer@globo.com>:

> Steve, Manuel,
>
> I am not talking only about the Resources. Or, what are the things that
> are exposed as Resources.
>
> For example, in DBpedia there is a Resource for the album Houses of the
> Holy (http://dbpedia.org/page/Houses_of_the_Holy).
> There is also a Resource for the record label Atlantic Records (
> http://dbpedia.org/page/Atlantic_Records), which is the record label from
> the album Houses of the Holy.
>
> What is the URI of all albums of the record label Atlantic Records?
>
> My question is: could it be one Best Practice, recommended by of DWBP WG,
> to provide a way of exposing the "Resource" All Albums of the Record Label
> Atlantic Records?
>
> Best Regards,
> Laufer
>
>
>
>
> 2014-03-18 10:18 GMT-03:00 Steven Adler <adler1@us.ibm.com>:
>
> Thanks.  A few people have agreed with our position below, but some still
>> like the idea of API's for accessing Data.  What is the process W3C uses to
>> resolve these points of view and when it is resolved, does the conclusion
>> get written into the Best Practices draft and/or do we also include the
>> lineage of the conclusion - that is, we we present the pros and cons and
>> reasons for the conclusion by also relating what we didn't recommend and
>> why?
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> Motto: "Do First, Think, Do it Again"
>>
>>
>>  From: <Manuel.CARRASCO-BENITEZ@ec.europa.eu> To: Steven
>> Adler/Somers/IBM@IBMUS, <Deirdre.Lee@deri.org> Cc: <mail@makxdekkers.com>,
>> <newton@nic.br>, <public-dwbp-wg@w3.org> Date: 03/18/2014 08:21 AM
>> Subject: RE: APIs to work with data on the web
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> +1
>>
>> -        Resources should be addressable with a URI
>> -        One should aim a common interface for humans and machine
>>
>> *http://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Data_on_the_Web_URI_Best_Practices*<http://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Data_on_the_Web_URI_Best_Practices>
>>
>> Regards
>> Tomas
>>
>> *From:* Steven Adler [mailto:adler1@us.ibm.com <adler1@us.ibm.com>]
>> * Sent:* Monday, March 17, 2014 4:34 PM
>> * To:* Lee, Deirdre
>> * Cc:* Makx Dekkers; Newton Calegari; public-dwbp-wg@w3.org
>> * Subject:* RE: APIs to work with data on the web
>>
>> Excellent use case which begins to explore and spell out the advantages
>> and trade-offs of using API's to access Open Data.  I would like to explore
>> this topic in greater detail.  My own personal preference is data access by
>> HTTP and URI, because it provides a common interface for humans and
>> machines.  But are there performance implications?
>>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Steve
>>
>> Motto: "Do First, Think, Do it Again"
>>
>>  From: "Lee, Deirdre" <*Deirdre.Lee@deri.org* <Deirdre.Lee@deri.org>>
>> To: Newton Calegari <*newton@nic.br* <newton@nic.br>>, Makx Dekkers <
>> *mail@makxdekkers.com* <mail@makxdekkers.com>>  Cc: "
>> *public-dwbp-wg@w3.org* <public-dwbp-wg@w3.org>" <*public-dwbp-wg@w3.org*<public-dwbp-wg@w3.org>
>> >  Date: 03/17/2014 11:19 AM  Subject: RE: APIs to work with data on the
>> web
>>
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Very interesting article indeed and related to discussions we're
>> currently having with developers as part of Open Data Ireland on how best
>> to publish/use machine-readable data.
>>
>> I've added a use-case on it *https://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Use_Cases*<https://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Use_Cases>Please feel free to add points or pick up on nuances of the conversation
>> that I missed. Perhaps we could break this into multiple use-cases to look
>> at each of the aspects in more detail?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Deirdre
>>
>>
>> * From:* Newton Calegari [*mailto:newton@nic.br* <newton@nic.br>]
>> * Sent:* 17 March 2014 13:19
>> * To:* Makx Dekkers
>> * Cc:* *public-dwbp-wg@w3.org* <public-dwbp-wg@w3.org>
>> * Subject:* Re: APIs to work with data on the web
>>
>> Hi Laufer, I didn't know the Socrata.
>> Thanks for share the link, Makx. Very interesting text and point of view
>> about APIs.
>>
>> BR,
>>
>> Newton
>>
>> Em 14/03/2014, à(s) 15:58, Makx Dekkers <*mail@makxdekkers.com*<mail@makxdekkers.com>>
>> escreveu:
>>
>>
>> For a different perspective on APIs, see this:
>> *http://ruben.verborgh.org/blog/2013/11/29/the-lie-of-the-api/*<http://ruben.verborgh.org/blog/2013/11/29/the-lie-of-the-api/>
>>
>> Makx.
>>
>> * From:* Newton Calegari [*mailto:newton@nic.br* <newton@nic.br>]
>> * Sent:* Thursday, March 13, 2014 6:03 PM
>> * To:* *public-dwbp-wg@w3.org* <public-dwbp-wg@w3.org>
>> * Subject:* APIs to work with data on the web
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>          Last week, Yaso and I were talking about APIs and how they are
>> important in all aspects of data on the web. APIs are one of the simplest
>> ways to access and to distribute data across the web, and we think that is
>> an important subject to be discussed on the WG.
>>          To talk about APIs, we obviously need to discuss about URI and
>> descriptors. Carrasco written the first document [*1*<http://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Data_on_the_Web_URI_Best_Practices>]
>> about it, besides there are a few messages discussing it.
>>          Moreover, I want to share some links I consider relevant and
>> useful to discuss about this topic.
>>          Joshua Bloch, a software engineer and former *Googler*,
>> published an article on InfoQ [*2*<http://www.infoq.com/articles/API-Design-Joshua-Bloch?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer36801&utm_medium=twitter#.UvbdCPy0BT0.delicious>]
>> site and made a presentation called "How to Design a Good API & Why it
>> Matters" [*3* <http://www.infoq.com/presentations/effective-api-design>]
>> (other Jushua's presentation about the same subject, but the video is
>> hosted on YouTube [*4* <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw>]).
>> These links are very interesting and I recommend to all of you, even who is
>> already expert in API design.
>>
>> [1] Data on the Web URI Best Practices:
>> *http://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Data_on_the_Web_URI_Best_Practices*<http://www.w3.org/2013/dwbp/wiki/Data_on_the_Web_URI_Best_Practices>
>> [2] Joshua Bloch: Bumper-Sticker API Design:
>> *http://www.infoq.com/articles/API-Design-Joshua-Bloch?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer36801&utm_medium=twitter#.UvbdCPy0BT0.delicious*<http://www.infoq.com/articles/API-Design-Joshua-Bloch?utm_source=buffer&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=buffer36801&utm_medium=twitter#.UvbdCPy0BT0.delicious>
>> [3] How to Design a Good API & Why it Matters:
>> *http://www.infoq.com/presentations/effective-api-design*<http://www.infoq.com/presentations/effective-api-design>
>> [4] How to Design a Good API & Why it Matters (YouTube version):
>> *https://www.youtube..com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw*<https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAb7hSCtvGw>
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Newton
>>
>>
>>
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