- From: Melvin Carvalho <melvincarvalho@gmail.com>
- Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:11:17 +0200
- To: Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com>
- Cc: "public-lod@w3.org" <public-lod@w3.org>
On 12 June 2011 23:05, Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@openlinksw.com> wrote: > All, > > Facebook offers a data space (of the silo variety). Every Object has an > Address (URL) from which you can access its actual Representation in JSON > format. > > Example using the URL: http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen: > > { > "id": "605980750", > "name": "Kingsley Uyi Idehen", > "first_name": "Kingsley", > "middle_name": "Uyi", > "last_name": "Idehen", > "link": "https://www.facebook.com/kidehen", > "username": "kidehen", > "gender": "male", > "locale": "en_US" > } > If you think that's good, try this! http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen?metadata=1 { "id": "605980750", "name": "Kingsley Uyi Idehen", "first_name": "Kingsley", "middle_name": "Uyi", "last_name": "Idehen", "link": "http://www.facebook.com/kidehen", "username": "kidehen", "gender": "male", "locale": "en_US", "metadata": { "connections": { "home": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/home", "feed": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/feed", "friends": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/friends", "family": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/family", "payments": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/payments", "activities": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/activities", "interests": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/interests", "music": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/music", "books": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/books", "movies": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/movies", "television": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/television", "games": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/games", "likes": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/likes", "posts": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/posts", "tagged": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/tagged", "statuses": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/statuses", "links": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/links", "notes": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/notes", "photos": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/photos", "albums": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/albums", "events": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/events", "groups": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/groups", "videos": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/videos", "picture": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/picture", "inbox": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/inbox", "outbox": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/outbox", "updates": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/updates", "accounts": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/accounts", "checkins": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/checkins", "apprequests": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/apprequests", "friendlists": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/friendlists", "permissions": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/permissions", "notifications": "http://graph.facebook.com/kidehen/notifications" }, "fields": [ { "name": "id", "description": "The user's Facebook ID. No `access_token` required. `string`." }, { "name": "name", "description": "The user's full name. No `access_token` required. `string`." }, { "name": "first_name", "description": "The user's first name. No `access_token` required. `string`." }, { "name": "middle_name", "description": "The user's middle name. No `access_token` required. `string`." }, { "name": "last_name", "description": "The user's last name. No `access_token` required. `string`." }, { "name": "gender", "description": "The user's gender. No `access_token` required. `string`." }, { "name": "locale", "description": "The user's locale. No `access_token` required. `string` containing the ISO Language Code and ISO Country Code." }, { "name": "languages", "description": "The user's languages. No `access_token` required. `array` of objects containing language `id` and `name`." }, { "name": "link", "description": "The URL of the profile for the user on Facebook. Requires `access_token`. `string` containing a valid URL." }, { "name": "username", "description": "The user's Facebook username. No `access_token` required. `string`." }, { "name": "third_party_id", "description": "An anonymous, but unique identifier for the user. Requires `access_token`. `string`." }, { "name": "timezone", "description": "The user's timezone offset from UTC. Available only for the current user. `number`." }, { "name": "updated_time", "description": "The last time the user's profile was updated. Requires `access_token`. `string` containing a IETF RFC 3339 datetime." }, { "name": "verified", "description": "The user's account verification status. Requires `access_token`. `boolean`." }, { "name": "about", "description": "The blurb that appears under the user's profile picture. Requires `user_about_me` or `friends_about_me` permission. `string`." }, { "name": "bio", "description": "The user's biography. Requires `user_about_me` permission. `string`." }, { "name": "birthday", "description": "The user's birthday. Requires `user_birthday` or `friends_birthday` permission. `string`." }, { "name": "education", "description": "A list of the user's education history. Requires `user_education_history` or `friends_education_history` permission. `array` of objects containing `school` object (`name`, `id`), `year` and `type` fields." }, { "name": "email", "description": "The proxied or contact email address granted by the user. Requires `email` permission. `string` containing a valid email address." }, { "name": "hometown", "description": "The user's hometown. Requires `user_hometown` or `friends_hometown` permission. object containing `name` and `id`." }, { "name": "interested_in", "description": "The genders the user is interested in. Requires `user_relationship_details` or `friends_relationship_details` permission. `array` containing strings." }, { "name": "location", "description": "The user's current location. Requires `user_location` or `friends_location` permission. object containing `name` and `id`." }, { "name": "political", "description": "The user's political view. Requires `user_religion_politics` or `friends_religion_politics` permission. `string`." }, { "name": "favorite_teams", "description": "The user's favorite teams. Requires the `user_likes` or `friends_likes` permission. `string`." }, { "name": "quotes", "description": "The user's favorite quotes. Requires the `user_about_me`. `string`." }, { "name": "relationship_status", "description": "The user's relationship status. Requires `user_relationships` or `friends_relationships` permission. `string`." }, { "name": "religion", "description": "The user's religion. Requires `user_religion_politics` or `friends_religion_politics` permission. `string`." }, { "name": "significant_other", "description": "The user's significant other. Requires `user_relationship_details` or `friends_relationship_details` permission. object containing `name` and `id`." }, { "name": "type", "description": "The object type which should be `user`. No `access_token` required. `string`." }, { "name": "video_upload_limits", "description": "The size of the video file and the length of the video that a user can upload. Requires `acces_token`. object containing `length` and `size` of video." }, { "name": "website", "description": "The URL of the user's personal website. Requires `user_website` or `friends_website` permission. `string` containing a valid URL." }, { "name": "work", "description": "A list of the user's work history. Requires `user_work_history` or `friends_work_history` permission. `array` of objects containing `employer`, `location`, `position`, `start_date` and `end_date` fields." } ] }, "type": "user" } > Some observations: > > "id" attribute has value "605980750", this value means little on its own > outside Facebook's data space. > > Now imagine we tweaked this graph like so: > > > { > "id": "https://www.facebook.com/kidehen#this" > "name": "Kingsley Uyi Idehen", > "first_name": "Kingsley", > "middle_name": "Uyi", > "last_name": "Idehen", > "link": "https://www.facebook.com/kidehen", > "username": "kidehen", > "gender": "male", > "locale": "en_US" > } > > All of a sudden, I've used a HTTP scheme based hyperlink to introduce a tiny > degree of introspection. > > I repeat this exercise for the attributes i.e., Name then using HTTP scheme > URIs, and likewise for values best served by HTTP scheme URIs for > boundlessly extending the object above, courtesy of the InterWeb. > > Even if Facebook doesn't buy into my world view re. data objects, my > worldview remains satisfied since I can ingest the FB data objects and then > endow them with the fidelity I via use of URI based Names. > > Example Linked Data Resource URL: > http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/about/html/http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/about/id/entity/http/graph.facebook.com/kidehen > . > > Example Object Name from My Data Space: > http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/about/id/entity/http/graph.facebook.com/kidehen > . > > A little structured data goes a long way to making what we all seek happen. > Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Yahoo! etc.. have committed to producing > structured data. This commitment is massive and it should be celebrated > since it makes life much easier for everyone that's interested in Linked > Data or the broader Semantic Web vision. They aren't claiming to deliver > anything more than structured data. At this time, their fundamental goal is > to leave Semantic Fidelity matters to those who are interested in such > pursuits, appropriately skilled, and so motivated. > > > -- > > 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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