- From: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2010 17:00:04 -0400
- To: Peter Haase <peter.haase@fluidops.com>
- CC: public-lod@w3.org, semantic-web@w3.org
Peter Haase wrote: >> Peter Haase wrote: >> >>> Hi all, >>> >>> we would like to announce a demonstrator showing Microsoft's Pivot as >>> >> an >> >>> interface for the visual exploration of linked data. >>> The application uses Pivot as a frontend to the Information >>> >> Workbench, >> >>> integrating DBpedia and several other LOD data sets. >>> >>> Try it at http://iwb.fluidops.com/pivot >>> >>> Some key features are: >>> >>> - support for structured (SPARQL) and unstructured (keyword) queries >>> - visual exploration and analysis of query results >>> - query refinement and data exploration using pivot operations >>> >>> The demonstrator requires Microsoft Pivot, http://getpivot.com/. >>> >>> Regards, >>> Peter >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> Peter, >> >> Nice stuff! >> >> Are you SPARQL endpoint agnostic? Or are you working with a specific >> data set and sparql endpoint combination? >> >> >> > > Kingsley, > > It works with any SPARQL endpoint in principle, however, this demonstrator > operates on a specific, centrally integrated data set. > (primarily for performance/reliability reasons) > > Regards, > Peter > > > > Peter, Are you able to implement a pattern similar to RelFinder where the SPARQL endpoints are configurable? We also do something similar re. our iSPARQL tool (i.e., have a list of known endpoints but leave the user with option to add others). I've played around extensively with Pivot (your stuff and ours), so I am very interested in a loosely coupled solution. -- Regards, Kingsley Idehen President & CEO OpenLink Software Web: http://www.openlinksw.com Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen Twitter/Identi.ca: kidehen
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