Ontologies are resources that describe concepts and how several classes and properties in a certain domain relate to each other. For example, if you’re creating a social network app, you might want to use the Friend of a Friend (FOAF)...
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Contrary to some other datamodels, RDF is not bound by a single serializiation format. Triple statements (the data atoms of RDF) can be serialized in many ways, which leaves developers with a possibly tough decision: how should I serialize my...
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JSON-HAL and JSON-LD are pretty popular formats for desiging APIs. They both have their merits, but they aren’t compatible with each other. However, with some additions, we can turn JSON-HAL into valid JSON-LD, without changing any of the original keys....
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The internet started off as a place for linked documents. However, where humans are perfectly capable of understanding HTML documents through a browser, this does not apply for machines that need a specific piece of information. That’s why every decent...
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Linked data is a way to structure and share information, using links. These links make data more meaningful and useful. To understand why, let’s take a piece of information and upgrade its data quality step by step, until it’s linked...
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