Re: Federated directory of social services - could Façade-X help?

SPARQL Anything is an ideal tool for producing RDF from structured data.
Take a look at the quick start section to see an example of how that is
done for a CSV file:
https://github.com/SPARQL-Anything/sparql.anything?tab=readme-ov-file#quickstart

On Thu, Mar 26, 2026, 7:47 AM Benjamin Degenhart <
benjamin.degenhart@foerderfunke.org> wrote:

> Dear Data Façades Community Group,
>
> I am following your work with curiosity and wanted to reach out regarding
> an upcoming project. As a freelance software developer I will be working
> with the Civic Data Lab, a Ministry-funded NGO in Germany. The goal is to
> create a federated directory of social counseling services in Germany. We
> will fetch data from the databases of various organisations that
> already maintain parts of this directory. The plan is to convert
> the heterogeneous sources (we expect a mix of APIs with JSON output, HTML
> scraping, CSV files, etc.) into one RDF schema. This schema will build on
> existing vocabulary (e.g. the Core Public Organisation Vocabulary from
> SEMIC) and gradually mature as we solve the challenges of integrating all
> these sources while simultaneously working on the usage scenarios of this
> new federated directory. So our challenge will be exactly as you put it: a
> "homogeneous view over heterogeneous data sources."
>
> Is the Façade-X method something I could use here? What approaches would
> you recommend? Which libraries are already usable?
> I'd really appreciate your thoughts and advice on this.
>
> Best regards
> Benjamin Degenhart
> www.linkedin.com/in/bdegenhart
>
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