- From: Aldo Bucchi <aldo.bucchi@gmail.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Jun 2009 09:14:45 -0400
- To: Tim Finin <finin@cs.umbc.edu>
- Cc: Danny Ayers <danny.ayers@gmail.com>, Linked Data community <public-lod@w3.org>
Before: GET URI --> Doc Now: GET URI --> Partial Row ( metadata container ) or better yet SPARQL URIxURI = value and even more complex queries On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:12 AM, Aldo Bucchi<aldo.bucchi@gmail.com> wrote: > Guys, > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2009 at 9:02 AM, Tim Finin<finin@cs.umbc.edu> wrote: >> Danny Ayers wrote: >>> >>> 2009/6/26 Aldo Bucchi <aldo.bucchi@gmail.com>: >>>> >>>> It baiscally answers this question: how do I put my spreadsheet/table >>>> on the web? >>> >>> use the column names as class descriptions, give the instances URIs. >>> what's the problem? >> >> There are several common problems: (1) not all tables are appropriate for >> this simple approach; (2) more complexity is introduced when considering >> a set of interlinked tables; and (3) selecting class and property terms from >> existing ontologies can be a challenge for many. Lushan Han's [1] work on >> RDF123 [2,3] addressed some of these problems and his current PhD research >> is >> focused on some of the others. >> >> [1] http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/person/html/Lushan/Han/ >> [2] http://rdf123.umbc.edu/ >> [3] >> http://ebiquity.umbc.edu/paper/html/id/414/RDF123-from-Spreadsheets-to-RDF >> >> > > You lost the point ;) > Of course I'm over-simplifying here. Just like we simplify DNS when we > talk about it ( its a black box for most of us ) > This mail here is just a teaser of what I think is a good first > explanation of what Linked Data is. > > The Web is now n-cols, n-rows instead of 2-cols n-rows table. ( look > at the movie I linked and focus on the address space diagram ). We > added a new dimension to hold the attribute values, or cells. > > How it works, or how we can use the infrastructure to convey meaning ( > by adding a schema/ontology level ) is the next step in the > understanding process. > So is the fact that cells can now hold more than one value. > > Those are details. > How can you quickly explain what we did to the web to a business user? > > "We added more columns so you can put your values there and now give > each row a URI" > > I'm just telling you that this is one (empirically) effective way to > explain the Web of Data. > > Regards, > A > >> >> >> > > > > -- > Aldo Bucchi > skype:aldo.bucchi > http://www.univrz.com/ > http://aldobucchi.com/ > > PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION > This message is only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is > addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If > you are not the intended recipient, please do not distribute or copy this > communication, by e-mail or otherwise. Instead, please notify us immediately by > return e-mail. > -- Aldo Bucchi skype:aldo.bucchi http://www.univrz.com/ http://aldobucchi.com/ PRIVILEGED AND CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION This message is only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is privileged and confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, please do not distribute or copy this communication, by e-mail or otherwise. Instead, please notify us immediately by return e-mail.
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