We are currently working on in-database semantic reasoning.
However, if you do not need any T-Box or A-Box reasoning, maybe JSON is a better choice in your case.

Am 12.08.2014 15:19, schrieb Jimmy Thrasibule:

Hello,

I'm looking into gathering information about geographical locations:

- Coordinates
- Place name
- Pictures
- etc.

Since a place can be anything, a specific place may need any kind of data type to be described.

I'm therefore looking into using the same method as the semantic Web and trying to describe a place with triples.

1. The "triples" table will reference a subject, attribute and value.
2. The "attributes" table will have an attribute name, a type and mauve a table name.
3. For each attribute type, a new table is created to store the values.
4. A "resources" table list all the available resources (location, picture, ...).

Using this, I can easily add a new resource and describe it by adding new triples. Every item is identified using UUIDs as primary key.

This seems too simple to be true so I falling back to you in case you see any pitfalls here.

The "triples" table will grow very fast in this setup and may become a bottleneck. However, I don't see any other way to store information about something as wide as places around the world.

Regards,
Jimmy




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