On 5/6/11 7:02 AM, Frans Knibbe wrote:
Hello,

I am continuing my efforts with publishing Linked Data. I am trying to that step by step. I have now managed to publish data in static RDF files. Also, I have managed to configure my web server to do 303 redirection, returning either a HTML file or the RDF file, depending on the client request. I understand that it is good practice to offer a HTML representation of the data if the client is unable to handle RDF.

I notice that it would be really helpful if I could automatically generate HTML files based on the RDF files. That way I can focus on just keeping the RDF file in good shape. After creating or editing an RDF file I could run something that makes a HTML representation.

Is anyone aware of software that can be used to automatically export a RDF file to a HTML file that looks nice in an internet browser? Or isn't this a common problem? I have to admit that I might thinking in the wrong way about this.

Regards,
Frans




Frans,

Please read this post [1] about Virtuoso (software) that allows you deal with Linked Data Deployment via the following steps:

1. Download, install, and start Virtuoso (include the faceted browser VAD package)

2. Load RDF data into Virtuoso DBMS via variety of mechanisms (from dropping RDF file to a WebDAV mounted folder to SPARQL) -- no different from what you would do if you were loading relational data from a dump (RDBMS specific or CSV) file

3. Enter this pattern into your Browser or use with CURL: ttp://<cname>[:<port>]/describe/?uri=<entity-uri>

4. Enjoy Linked Data via Entity Name References that resolve to a variety of Representation formats (including HTML+RDF) via respective URLs.

Note:
Once you're at this stage there are other options for making your preferred Entity Name Refs and Representation URLs via URL-Rewrite rules, if need be re., aesthetic requirements.

In your particular case I sense the steps would be:

1. Install Virtuoso and Faceted Browser VAD package - encourage you to install the 15 day free evaluation commercial edition so that you have a proper installer that gets you going in less than 5 minutes (if you want build the open source edition, do that after you've had the simple experience I've outlined).

2. Use Conductor to import your RDF from a local file or a URL

3. Enjoy Linked Data power.

Links:

1. http://www.openlinksw.com/dataspace/kide...@openlinksw.com/weblog/kide...@openlinksw.com%27s%20BLOG%20%5B127%5D/1642 -- Virtuoso Linked Data Deployment In 3 Simple Steps .

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Regards,

Kingsley Idehen 
President&  CEO
OpenLink Software
Web: http://www.openlinksw.com
Weblog: http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen
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