Ben, Just like we can 1) download xampp and install php, apache, mysql with one click 2) open a browser, open phpmyadmin, create my db 3) copy paste any snippet of code I can find on the web about connecting php/java etc to a mysql database 4) write code to select/insert/update my db ... you are asking for these same 4 simple steps but for an RDF database? Juan Sequeda +1-575-SEQ-UEDA www.juansequeda.com On Wed, Nov 24, 2010 at 12:12 PM, Ben O'Steen <bosteen@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, 2010-11-24 at 12:51 -0500, Kingsley Idehen wrote: > > What does MySQL 4 do with this data that can't be done with a > > moderately capable RDF quad / triplestore? > > > > If I am going to run rings around this thing, I need a starting > > point :-) > > That's not the point that is being made. A competent developer, using > all the available links and documentation, spending days researching and > learning and trying to implement, is unable to make an app using a > triplestore that is on a par with one they can create very quickly using > a relational database. > > This is about the 1000th time I have heard this story, and the ability > range of those saying the same thing is huge - from 9-5 devs who learn > what they need to people who research and teach artificial intelligence > and other cutting edge areas and who actively learn new, complex skills > just because they can. > > The point is not whether someone who (co?)developed the virtuoso > triplestore can make RDF work, it's whether someone with the time, > current documentation and inclination can. > > > Ben > > > > > > -- > > > > 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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