RE: Using Linking Open Data datasets

Yves,

IMHO absolutely *not* off-topic :) - rather this is a very good use case
for it; added to the Wiki page [1] (see 'Requirements').

Cheers,
	Michael

[1] http://community.linkeddata.org/MediaWiki/index.php?MetaLOD

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 Michael Hausenblas, MSc.
 Institute of Information Systems & Information Management
 JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
  
 http://www.joanneum.at/iis/
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: Yves Raimond [mailto:yves.raimond@gmail.com] 
>Sent: Friday, May 30, 2008 11:54 AM
>To: Hausenblas, Michael
>Cc: Jun Zhao; public-lod@w3.org; public-powderwg@w3.org
>Subject: Re: Using Linking Open Data datasets
>
>Hello!
>
>
>>
>> Please note as well that we could learn something from 
>'Protocol for Web
>> Description Resources' (POWDER) [3] (I've cc'd the WG now). 
>When we've
>> gathered some more requirements and know more precisely what 
>we want to
>> express with it and what is out of scope, we might be able to come up
>> with a concrete proposal.
>>
>
>
>Actually, it may be slightly off-topic, but I would really need
>something able to describe the actual "content" of a SPARQL end-point
>or a RDF document. We talked a bit about that on #swig some time ago,
>and we came across http://esw.w3.org/topic/SparqlEndpointDescription
>and http://esw.w3.org/topic/SparqlEndpointDescription2.
>
>Ultimately, what I would need is a *really* simple vocabulary to
>express "this document or end-point holds the following information".
>So I would need something like:
>
>:SPARQLEndPoint a owl:Class.
>:RDFDocument a owl:Class.
>:holds a owl:DatatypeProperty. # associates a rdf doc or a sparql end
>point to a sparql ASK query. (I think there is a datatype for
>something like that, if I remember a talk about networked graphs [1]
>at WWW right).
>
>
>To be able to state things like:
>
><https://example.org/rdfdoc> a :RDFDocument; :holds "ASK
>{<http://moustaki.org/foaf.rdf#moustaki> foaf:based_near ?loc}".
><http://example.org/sparql> a :SPARQLEndPoint; :holds "ASK
>{<http://moustaki.org/foaf.rdf#moustaki> :phone_number ?num"; :holds
>"ASK {?people foaf:knows ?x. ?x foaf:knows
><http://moustaki.org/foaf.rdf#moustaki>}".
>
>(this sort of things may be much cleaner in full N3.)
>
>The first one describes a RDF document holding information about my
>current location (in my case, I want to put that in a  RDF file with
>limited access). The second one describes an end-point holding phone
>numbers for me, as well as information about people that know people
>that know me (I just made that up, perhaps not the best example :-) ).
>
>Cheers!
>y
>
>
>[1] http://isweb.uni-koblenz.de/Research/NetworkedGraphs
>
>> Good to see things moving on!
>>
>> Cheers,
>>        Michael
>>
>> [1] http://sw.deri.org/2007/07/sitemapextension/
>> [2] http://community.linkeddata.org/MediaWiki/index.php?MetaLOD
>> [3] http://www.w3.org/TR/powder-use-cases/
>>
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>  Michael Hausenblas, MSc.
>>  Institute of Information Systems & Information Management
>>  JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
>>
>>  http://www.joanneum.at/iis/
>> ----------------------------------------------------------
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>From: Jun Zhao [mailto:jun.zhao@zoo.ox.ac.uk]
>>>Sent: Thursday, May 29, 2008 7:22 PM
>>>To: Hausenblas, Michael
>>>Cc: public-lod@w3.org
>>>Subject: Re: Using Linking Open Data datasets
>>>
>>>Hello Michael,
>>>
>>>
>>>Hausenblas, Michael wrote:
>>>> Dear LODers,
>>>>
>>>> One thing we encounter recurrently when using the LOD datasets is
>> where
>>>> to 'start best'. I'm unsure how to handle this situation, 
>so I tried
>> to
>>>> gather some issues along with a simple proposal how to deal with it
>>>> (called MetaLOD) at [1]. The idea basically is to develop a
>> vocabulary
>>>> and gather information 'about' the LOD datasets, such as 
>'at Geonames
>>>> you get location-based information', etc.
>>>>
>>>This looks very interesting. And I desperately share your needs, i.e.
>>>looking for the data to link to.
>>>
>>>I am also thinking about rdfs:seeAlso, and something like 
>skos:related,
>>
>>>skos:broader or skos:narrower.
>>>
>>>A snip showing how I could use your structure to describe our data:
>>>
>>>:LODataset a rdfs:Class ;
>>>            rdfs:label "a LOD dataset" .
>>>
>>> set:DBpedia a :LODataset ;
>>>             owl:sameAs <http://dbpedia.org/> .
>>>
>>> set:Geonames a :LODataset ;
>>>              owl:sameAs <http://sws.geonames.org/> ;
>>>              foaf:topic
>>><http://dbpedia.org/resource/Location_%28geography%29> .
>>>
>>> set:flyted a :LODataset ;
>>>              owl:sameAs <http://www.fly-ted.org/sparql> ;
>>>              foaf:topic <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Biology> ;
>>>              foaf:topic <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Drosophila> ;
>>>             foaf:topic <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Image> ;
>>>              rdfs:seeAlso <http://spade.lbl.gov:2021/> ;
>>>              skos;related <http://spade.lbl.gov:2021/> ;
>>>              skos:narrower <http://dbpedia.org/> .
>>>
>>>
>>>What do you think?
>>>
>>>All the best,
>>>
>>>Jun
>>>
>>>> I'm aware of the fact that each LOD dataset *should* provide this
>> kind
>>>> of information about itself, however (i) not all do AFAIK, and (ii)
>> even
>>>> if all did, how can an application determine effectively and
>> efficiently
>>>> which LOD dataset might be good to use for a certain task? I don't
>> want
>>>> to propose a 'centrally controlled registry' with this idea, just a
>> way
>>>> to flag what to expect from a LOD dataset as a kind of jump start.
>>>>
>>>> A formal description of the LOD dataset would also be 
>beneficial for
>>>> other exploration purposes, I guess. For example we could express
>> access
>>>> options for a LOD dataset (dump, SPARQL endpoint, etc.) or QoS
>>>> information, even trust issues or (user) ratings might be of
>> interest.
>>>>
>>>> Any thoughts?
>>>>
>>>> While I'm here: In case you're around at ESWC08, come and 
>join us at
>> the
>>>> LOD gathering [2]
>>>>
>>>> Cheers,
>>>>      Michael
>>>>
>>>> [1] http://community.linkeddata.org/MediaWiki/index.php?MetaLOD
>>>> [2]
>> 
>http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/Lin
>kingOpenD
>> ata/TenerifeGathering
>>>>
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>>>>  JOANNEUM RESEARCH Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
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>>
>

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