- From: Hugh Glaser <hg@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
- Date: Tue, 9 Jun 2009 16:41:45 +0100
- To: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
- CC: Semantic Web <semantic-web@w3.org>, Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>, Ian Millard <icm@ecs.soton.ac.uk>
On 04/06/2009 00:54, "Richard Cyganiak" <richard@cyganiak.de> wrote: Many thanks. Hope Ian's mods sort of fit: > Hugh, Ian, <snip /> >> > dc:title "Co-references from sameAs.org for foaf.rdf#cygri" . Done. > > Then, a foaf:primaryTopic triple would make several tools (most of all > Tabulator) very happy: > > <http://sameas.org/rdf?uri=http://richard.cyganiak.de/foaf.rdf%23cygri >> > foaf:primaryTopic <http://richard.cyganiak.de/foaf.rdf#cygri> . Done. > > Furthermore, what about dc:license? Done. So <http://sameas.org/rdf?uri=http%3A%2F%2Frichard.cyganiak.de%2Ffoaf.rdf%23cyg ri> dc:creator "sameAs.org" ; dc:title "Co-references from sameAs.org for http://richard.cyganiak.de/foaf.rdf#cygri" ; foaf:primaryTopic <http://richard.cyganiak.de/foaf.rdf#cygri> ; dct:license <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/> . > > In the case of /rdf?q=xxx, some nod in the direction of Sindice, e.g. > via dc:source pointing to the Sindice RDF result, would be nice. Done. So: <http://sameas.org/rdf?q=London> dc:creator "sameAs.org" ; dc:creator "sindice.com" ; dc:title "Search results from sindice.com for \"London\" with co-references applied by sameAs.org" ; dc:source <http://sindice.com/search?q=London> ; dct:license <http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/> . > > You might want to put a higher-resolution logo graphic somewhere, so > that people who use your service can display it, similar to how you > use the Sindice logo. Done on the about page. > > Again, thanks for this service. Thanks for the suggestions. Hugh > > Richard > > > > On 3 Jun 2009, at 20:48, Hugh Glaser wrote: > >> We are pleased to offer http://sameas.org/ as a service to provide >> you with >> help finding URIs. >> >> It sort of does what it says:- if you provide a URI, it will give >> you back >> URIs that may well be co-referent, should any be known to it. >> In addition, by using sindice.com, if you give it a string, it will >> provide >> bundles of URIs that correspond to looking up the string at Sindice >> and >> processing them at <sameas>. >> >> Apart from the obvious use of the service through the web-form, >> simple URIs >> can be provided to do lookups: >> http://sameas.org/?uri=http://dbpedia.org/resource/London >> http://sameas.org/?q=London >> The following formats are also supported: >> rdf+xml, text/n3, application/json, text/plain >> both through content negotiation and also as a specific URI. >> For example: >> http://sameas.org/rdf?uri=http://dbpedia.org/resource/London >> http://sameas.org/n3?uri=http://dbpedia.org/resource/London >> http://sameas.org/html?uri=http://dbpedia.org/resource/London >> http://sameas.org/json?uri=http://dbpedia.org/resource/London >> http://sameas.org/text?uri=http://dbpedia.org/resource/London >> >> We believe that the Semantic Web and Linked Data need to develop >> clear, >> focussed, services that only do one or two things, so that they can be >> composed and utilised by the more complex services, as well as >> facilitating >> re-use. >> We hope that <sameas> fits into that category, and that Linked Data >> application builders will find it an appropriate and useful service >> for the >> important task of discovering co-referent URIs. >> In addition, by providing formats oriented towards non-Linked Data >> application, we hope that the use of Linked Data can be spread even >> wider. >> >> We currently have about 18M URIs, with an average of 3 URIs per >> bundle. >> >> Best >> >> Ian Millard and Hugh Glaser >> >> >> -- >> Hugh Glaser, Reader >> Dependable Systems & Software Engineering >> School of Electronics and Computer Science, >> University of Southampton, >> Southampton SO17 1BJ >> Work: +44 (0)23 8059 3670, Fax: +44 (0)23 8059 3045 >> Mobile: +44 (0)75 9533 4155, Home: +44 (0)23 8061 5652 >> http://www.ecs.soton.ac.uk/people/hg >> >> "If we have a correct theory but merely prate about it, pigeonhole >> it, and >> do not put it into practice, then the theory, however good, is of no >> significance." >> >> > >
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