- From: Sherman Monroe <sdmonroe@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:26:34 -0500
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: public-lod@w3.org, semantic-web@w3.org
- Message-ID: <e23f467e0906101126p391bcd50pc4790e5971aec789@mail.gmail.com>
Hi all, As a demo of the easy of mashupery enabled by the BBC SPARQL endpoint, here is a version of the BBC dataspace using the razorbase UI (via the OpenLink endpoint <http://bbc.openlinksw.com/sparql>). Browse BBC via razorbase: http://ec2.monrai.com:8890/bbc/ Enjoy, -sherman On Wed, Jun 10, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>wrote: > Ian Davis wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> You can now query BBC programmes and music data using SPARQL provided by >> the Talis Platform. As I'm sure you know the BBC have been publishing linked >> data for quite a while now and more recently we have been working with them >> to spider this data and aggregate it into a Talis Platform store. In this >> way we can provide full SPARQL access across all the BBC data as well as >> faceting, full text search and other goodies. >> >> The BBC's official announcement to the backstage community is here: < >> http://welcomebackstage.com/2009/06/bbc-backstage-sparql-endpoint/> >> >> We have put together a number of demos and a lot of sample SPARQL queries >> to get you started: < >> http://api.talis.com/stores/bbc-demo/items/index.html> >> >> The Talis Platform store is at: < >> http://api.talis.com/stores/bbc-backstage> (the SPARQL endpoint is < >> http://api.talis.com/stores/bbc-backstage/services/sparql> and an >> interactive interface is here: < >> http://api.talis.com/stores/bbc-demo/items/sparql/spared.html>). If you >> need help using the store's features then < >> http://n2.talis.com/wiki/Community_Support> may be useful. >> >> We will also be blogging constantly highlighting cool uses of the data on >> the Talis Platform developer blog at <http://blogs.talis.com/n2/> >> >> Finally, thanks to all the amazing people at the BBC who have put so much >> effort into building out a really important part of the Linked Data Web. >> >> Have fun! >> >> Ian >> >> >> >> Naturally, you can also explore the BBC's Linked Data space via: > > 1. http://bbc.openlinksw.com > 2. http://bbc.openlinksw.com/void/Dataset > 3. http://bbc.openlinksw.com/sparql > > When using our particular data space, there is a facility for saving your > queries. The most interesting saved queries will appear on the "showcase > query" list. Of course we'll also put some our more sophisticated SPARQL > query examples up you easy assimilation and adaptation. > > Enjoy! > > -- > > > Regards, > > Kingsley Idehen Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen<http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/%7Ekidehen> > President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com > > > > > > -- Thanks, -sherman I pray that you may prosper in all things and be healthy, even as your soul prospers (3 John 1:2)
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