Fwd: EasierRDF

Frederik,

It's true that learning RDF is harder than falling off of a log, but there
are indeed, as you put it, "some major advantages of using RDF and Sparql
over Neo4j and Cypher?".

   1. Uses *globally unique IRIs* which makes data integration with
   external and internal sources a snap.
   2. Enables you to specify the *meaning of the data* by giving
formal semantic
   definitions for classes and properties. This supports a wide variety of
   inference patterns used by widely available inference engines.
   3. RDF is part of a growing suite of *non-proprietary standards* and
   supporting tools. These include: RDF, RDFS, OWL, SPARQL, TARQL, R2RML, &
   SHACL

Michael

On Fri, Feb 11, 2022 at 7:24 AM Frederik Byl <frederik.byl@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear community,
>
> I came across the project https://github.com/w3c/EasierRDF. I think it is
> a good idea to have a look at RDF and the challenges it has. I'm struggling
> with the use, because the work that is necessary to make systems
> interoperable by understanding ontologies, formatting the data, extending
> ontologies, writing queries, etc, is huge! I am a big fan of graph
> databases and the ease of using Neo4j, Cypher, plain json and writing
> converters between readable json formats is so much faster and developer
> friendly. Queries in Cypher are intuitively and can be understood on sight.
> I am also looking at Solid and I find the approach of data pods extremely
> interesting and relevant, but the structure is so overwhelming and
> overcomplicated that I start losing faith in this. Since the project
> EasierRDF is started, I guess others struggle with the same? Are there some
> major advantages of using RDF and Sparql over Neo4j and Cypher? We could do
> linked data with Json-ld and Neo4j?
>
> Thanks
>
> Kind regards,
> Frederik
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ---------
> Van: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
> Date: do 10 feb. 2022 om 16:56
> Subject: Re: EasierRDF
> To: Frederik Byl <frederik.byl@gmail.com>
>
>
> Hi Frederik,
>
> You are asking an excellent question, and I think the community as a
> whole would benefit from discussing it on a public list, both to get
> more viewpoints and to expose your question to other existing RDF users.
>   Would you be willing to post your question to the public
> semantic-web@w3.org list?
> https://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/semantic-web/
>
> Thanks,
> David Booth
>
> On 2/10/22 10:43, Frederik Byl wrote:
> > Dear David,
> >
> > I am sorry to contact you in this straightforward manner. I came across
> > your project https://github.com/w3c/EasierRDF
> > <https://github.com/w3c/EasierRDF>. I think it is a good idea to have a
> > look at RDF and the challenges it has. I'm struggling with the use and
> > the work that is necessary to make systems interoperable by
> > understanding ontologies, formatting the data, extending ontologies etc,
> > is huge! I am a big fan of graph databases and the ease of using Neo4j
> > and plain json and writing converters between readable json formats is
> > so much faster and developer friendly. I am also looking at Solid and I
> > find the approach of data pods extremely interesting and relevant, but
> > the structure is so overwhelming and overcomplicated that I start losing
> > faith in this.Since you started the project Easier RDF, I guess you
> > struggle with the same, or do you see some major advantages in using RDF?
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Kind regards,
> > Frederik
>


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Michael Uschold
   Senior Ontology Consultant, Semantic Arts
   http://www.semanticarts.com
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-- 

Michael Uschold
   Senior Ontology Consultant, Semantic Arts
   http://www.semanticarts.com
   LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/michaeluschold
   Skype, Twitter: UscholdM