Re: ANN: LDPath - a path-based query language for querying the Linked Data Cloud

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>
> Can you talk about your use cases in the
> Linked Media Framework which led you to invent a YARPL (Yet Another
> RDF Path Language) instead of using one of those existing languages?
>

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> How is LDPath more in line with the way Linked Data resources are
> accessed?
>
> Best regards,
>
> Josh
>
>
> [1] https://github.com/joshsh/ripple
> [2] https://github.com/tinkerpop/gremlin/wiki
> [3] https://github.com/joshsh/ripple/wiki/LinkedDataSail
>
>
> P.S. as a quick comparison, here's the example from your wiki:
>
> @prefix foaf : <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/> ;
> @prefix geo : <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#> ;
> title      = foaf:name | fn:concat(foaf:givename," ",foaf:surname) ::
> xsd:string ;
> summary    = dc:description :: lmf:text ;
> lng        = foaf:based_near / geo:long :: xsd:double ;
> lat        = foaf:based_near / geo:lat :: xsd:double ;
> interest   = foaf:interest / (rdfs:label[@en] | rdfs:label[@none] |
> <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/type.object.name>[@en]) :: xsd:string;
> friends    = foaf:knows / (foaf:name | fn:concat(foaf:givename,"
> ",foaf:surname)) :: xsd:string;
> contrycode = foaf:based_near /
> <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#countryCode> :: xsd:string ;
> type       = rdf:type :: xsd:anyURI ;
>
> And here's almost exactly the same example in Ripple:
>
> @prefix foaf : <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/>
> @prefix geo : <http://www.w3.org/2003/01/geo/wgs84_pos#>
> @list p title:    (p foaf:name.) (p foaf:givenname. " " p
> foaf:surname. concat.) both. apply.
> @list summary:    dc:description.
> @list lng:        foaf:based_near. geo:long.
> @list lat:        foaf:based_near. geo:lat.
> @list interest:   foaf:interest. rdfs:label
> <http://rdf.freebase.com/ns/type.object.name> both. apply.
> @list friends:    foaf:knows. :title.
> @list contrycode: foaf:based_near.
> <http://www.geonames.org/ontology#countryCode>.
> @list type:       rdf:type.
>
> A couple of differences: 1) there's no filter on a null language tag
> in Ripple, although you could filter on any non-null tag like "en". 2)
> the Ripple version references the "title" path in the "friends" path
> instead of repeating that logic.
>
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 1, 2011 at 7:22 AM, Sebastian Schaffert
> <sebastian.schaffert@salzburgresearch.at> wrote:
> > Dear all,
> >
> > I am proud to announce the availability of our path query language
> LDPath as Open Source query language for Linked Data. For example, you
> could select the names of all friends of a person using the following path
> statement:
> >
> >    foaf:knows / foaf:name :: xsd:string
> >
> > The full language is documented (more or less) at
> http://code.google.com/p/ldpath/wiki/PathLanguage .
> >
> > You can download LDPath at the project website at:
> >
> > http://code.google.com/p/ldpath/
> >
> > LDPath is a simple path-based query language similar to XPath or SPARQL
> Property Paths that is particularly well-suited for querying and retrieving
> resources from the Linked Data Cloud by following RDF links between
> resources and servers. The LDPath project is a collection of generic
> libraries that are independent of the underlying RDF implementation.
> Currently, there are backends for Sesame, for RDF files, and for Linked
> Data. You can easily implement your own backends by implementing a
> straightforward interface (RDFBackend).
> >
> > LDPath can serve many different purposes. It can e.g. serve as
> > * a simple query language for selecting nodes or values in your own
> triple store programmatically from Java
> > * a query language for transparently querying resources in the Linked
> Data Cloud and following links between datasets
> > * a foundation for templating languages to render results based on RDF
> or Linked Data
> > * a foundation for building a semantic search index (used e.g. in the
> Linked Media Framework and in Apache Stanbol)
> > * a query language for experimenting with the Linked Data Cloud
> >
> > LDPath is obviously not the only implementation of a (path-based) query
> language for RDF or Linked Data. But we still thought it might be useful,
> as it is easier than SPARQL for novice users or simple tasks, and it is
> more in-line with the way resources in the Linked Data Cloud are accessed.
> >
> > LDPath has currently been integrated in our Linked Media Framework (as a
> means to configure Semantic Search) and in the Apache Stanbol project (for
> querying the cached data).
> >
> > If you want to try out the language, you can download one of the
> standalone jar packages. If you want to use it inside your own project,
> feel free to use our Maven repository to access the individual modules as
> dependencies.
> >
> > In case you encounter problems or have suggestions, feel free to contact
> us ;-)
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Sebastian
> > --
> > | Dr. Sebastian Schaffert
> sebastian.schaffert@salzburgresearch.at
> > | Salzburg Research Forschungsgesellschaft
> http://www.salzburgresearch.at
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> >
> >
> >
>
>


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