Re: *.rkbexplorer.com

Respect Hugh!
Cheers :)

On Thu, 5 Aug 2021, 18:26 Hugh Glaser, <hugh@glasers.org> wrote:

> Hi there,
>
> Executive summary:
> We've closed down *.rkbexplorer.com.
>
> More details:
> Over 15 years ago, Ian Millard and I, with help from our project partners
> on the ReSIST (https://cordis.europa.eu/project/id/026764) project,
> embarked on an RDF-enabled Knowledge Base for project purposes.
> We then engineered this to be split into many different stores, as a
> proper LOD application should.
> Over time, we expanded it to include all publication data we could find
> (eg OAI, DBLP, ACM, CiteSeer), and project data from many sources (eg US,
> EU, UK).
> It used LOD in tooth and claw, providing unified browsing and search
> interfaces, over more than a dozen completely separate RDF stores and
> domains.
> It led to the development of the sameAs-aware services.
>
> In their day, the rkbexplorer stores represented a significant chunk of
> the LOD Cloud.
>
> A few months ago, I got bored with maintaining it, deciding it was past
> its usefulness, and stopped paying for the domain.
>
> Since I have had only one enquiry since, and for a side project (
> void.rkbexplorer.com), I assume that was a sensible decision.
>
> But I neglected to tell anyone - sorry.
>
> People who manage indices of LOD resources should feel free to remove any
> rkbexplorer domains from their datasets.
> If you are using rkbexplorer.com URIs, and are concerned that they have
> lost meaning because they now go to a domain-squatter, do not fear - you
> can always looks them up in sameAs,org - that was always one of the
> objectives of sameAs.org.
> For example:
> http://www.sameas.org/html?uri=http://southampton.rkbexplorer.com/id/person-07113
>
> If anyone wants the data, or indeed anything else associated with the
> site, feel free to ask, and I will endeavour to dig it out.
>
> Fare thee well - it was a good ride, but there you go.
>
> Hugh
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