Hi Damian, Thank you for your comments. The D2R material looks chunky enough to get me started.
Thanks Lewis ________________________________________ From: Damian Steer [[email protected]] Sent: 21 March 2011 15:20 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: SquirrelRDF Question -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 18/03/11 18:14, McGibbney, Lewis John wrote: > Hello list, Hi Lewis, > I have a general question relating to the above. I am interested in > experimenting with using SquirrelRDF but wish to do some preliminary > research in an attempt to learn about real life/production use cases > for using the RDF data retrieved as a result of using SquirrelRDF to > query a RDBMS. I wrote SquirrelRDF, but haven't worked on it for a long time. You might want to look at D2R, which is very similar. [1] <snip> > This would enable to keep my existing infrastructure running > by use of a simple data import from MySQL to the index but will also > enable me to utilise the RDF data retrieved by SquirrelRDF. > I know that this might sound trivial but I am researching within the > area of design and construction and IT, so at some point I would be > looking to use the RDF data within some sort of application which > would solve a problem specific to this domain. I don't think it sounds trivial at all. Don't underestimate the value of working existing infrastructure :-) If you code to SPARQL (especially over http) you'll be able to switch in a variety of native RDF stores in future, should you wish to. Damian [1] <http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/d2r-server/> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.10 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk2HbK4ACgkQAyLCB+mTtylvxQCg3UJb5VSCdrsZMgU+RbouM3j5 fS8AoPQ7ePrV8FgsK4xIBqtf/Kh1Lj4M =gYwF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- Email has been scanned for viruses by Altman Technologies' email management service - www.altman.co.uk/emailsystems Glasgow Caledonian University is a registered Scottish charity, number SC021474 Winner: Times Higher Education’s Widening Participation Initiative of the Year 2009 and Herald Society’s Education Initiative of the Year 2009. http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,6219,en.html Winner: Times Higher Education’s Outstanding Support for Early Career Researchers of the Year 2010, GCU as a lead with Universities Scotland partners. http://www.gcu.ac.uk/newsevents/news/bycategory/theuniversity/1/name,15691,en.html
