- From: Richard Cyganiak <richard@cyganiak.de>
- Date: Wed, 4 Jan 2006 20:23:32 +0100
- To: Tim Berners-Lee <timbl@w3.org>
- Cc: Jan Algermissen <jalgermissen@topicmapping.com>, Frank Manola <fmanola@acm.org>, Timothy Falconer <timothy@immuexa.com>, semantic-web@w3.org
On 4 Jan 2006, at 20:03, Tim Berners-Lee wrote: > One answer is: don't! The SemWeb is about conecting the data to > what it means. > Keep the data in the place where it works and runs fast. > Find/Write ontologies about what the data is about. > Run a virtual RDF server (supporting SPARQL if a large DB) on top > of the data. > publish the connection between the database columns and the ontolgies. I don't get this last bit. Why would someone know what database column a bit of data comes from? Isn't this an implementation detail that should better be hidden from consumers of the RDF? Richard > > Look at ways to connect the DB with others inside & outside the > company. > > Write new reports in terms the model at higher level of > abstraction, using the RDF apis. > > Tim > >
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