RDF serialization – Linked Data for Professional Education

Level Up: Online CSV to RDF Converter (Beta)

Fri, 18 Aug 2017 08:22:56 +0000

This online converter for CSV files was created for the many people out there who are big supporters of "Open Data" but are uncomfortable with getting that data into a format that can be used for Linked Data (regardless of whether it was open or not). Whilst many are happy with saving tabular data as CSV files, a surprising amount are still fairly mystified by saving that same data in RDF format. For more information about "Why RDF?", "What's Linked Open Data?" and similar questions – please have a read of the FAQ; this page concentrates on how to use the converter options to tweak the RDF output. The final step is to simply download a zip file of the converted CSV. The zip file includes the data in three formats – RDF, Turtle (.ttl) and N-Triples (.nt).

URL: http://levelup.networkedplanet.com/instructions
Keywords: CSV (Comma Separated Values)
Publisher: NetwrokedPlanet
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P15M
Educational use: professionalDevelopment
Interactivity type: active

Structured Data Linter

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 07:20:23 +0000

The Structured Data Linter is a tool aiding webmasters and web developers to verify the structured data present in their HTML pages. Search engines use structured data to understand webpages more accurately and to present enhanced search results. Linter understands microdata, JSON-LD and RDFa formats according to their latest specifications.
In addition to providing snippet visualizations for schema.org, Linter performs limited vocabulary validations for schema.org, Dublin Core Metadata Terms, Friend of a Friend (FOAF), GoodRelations, Facebook's Open Graph Protocol, Semantically-Interlinked Online Communities (SIOC), Facebook's Open Graph Protocol, Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS), and Data-Vocabulary.org.

URL: http://linter.structured-data.org/
Keywords: Rich snippets, RDFa, Microdata, Validation, Schema.org
Author: Kellogg, Gregg
Publisher: Structured Data Initiative
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P15M
Educational use: professionalDevelopment
Educational audience: professional
Interactivity type: active

Structured Data Validator

Fri, 21 Jul 2017 07:20:23 +0000

This validator, one of several Yandex Webmaster tools, allows the user to check the semantic markup of a site to make sure that indexing robots can extract all the structured data. The validator lets the user check the most common microformats: microdata, schema.org, OpenGraph and RDF. However, not all formats support special snippets or the use of annotated data.

URL: https://webmaster.yandex.com/tools/microtest/
Keywords: Rich snippets, Microdata, RDFa, Schema.org, Validation
Publisher: Yandex
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P15M

The Semantic Web and Linked Data Concepts: The RDF Data Model and Linked Open Data (LOD)

Fri, 19 May 2017 07:03:10 +0000

This PowerPoint presentation was used during the "Introduction to the Semantic Web and Linked Data" module of the pilot training project developed by the Library of Congress which tested the use of BIBFRAME for bibliographic description. This presentation explains the RDF data model, the use of URIs to identify resources, and other RDF "tools". BIBFRAME is discussed as one of many vocabularies and ontologies being used to describe relationships between resources on the Semantic Web. The wider concept of Linked Open Data (LOD) is introduced along the principles and practices that support it. The module's home page contains links to more materials.

URL: https://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/bibframe/Module1-Part2.pptx
Keywords: Linked Open Data (LOD), HTTP URIs, BIBFRAME, Namespace, Semantic Web
Publisher: Library of Congress
Date created: 2015-08-01 04:00:00.000
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P45M
Educational use: professionalDevelopment
Educational audience: teacher-educationSpecialist
Interactivity type: expositive

BIBFRAME Training at the Library of Congress: Introduction to the Semantic Web and Linked Data

Fri, 19 May 2017 07:03:10 +0000

This resource was developed by the Library of Congress as one part of a pilot training project which tested the use of BIBFRAME for bibliographic description. The purpose of this module is to introduce the Semantic Web, Linked Data concepts, and some basic tools. Topics covered include the role of semantically linked data in creating useful web services and connecting datasets on the web. The limits of the current MARC based environment are contrasted with the promise of integrating data more fully with Semantic Web resources to enhance user services. This home page contains links to PowerPoint presentations, quizzes, and assignments.

URL: https://www.loc.gov/catworkshop/bibframe/
Keywords: BIBFRAME, Semantic Web, MARC (MAchine-Readable Cataloging), HTTP URIs, Namespace, Linked Open Data (LOD)
Publisher: Library of Congress
Date created: 2015-08-01 04:00:00.000
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P2H
Educational use: professionalDevelopment
Educational audience: teacher-educationSpecialist
Interactivity type: mixed

Introduction to Linked Data

Fri, 05 May 2017 06:59:13 +0000

This paper describes Linked Data and how the "Web of Documents" can be transformed into a "Web of Data". This approach is contrasted with the limited opportunities for linking data in traditional MARC-based bibliographic records. It includes a brief explanation of LD principles and standards, then explains how data can be embedded into HTML in several RDF serializations.

URL: http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1449458/2/Intro%20to%20linked%20data%20C%26I174final.pdf
Keywords: Microdata, Schema.org, Turtle, RDF/XML, RDFa
Author: Meehan, Thomas
Date created: 2014-01-01 05:00:00.000
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P15M
Educational use: instruction
Educational audience: professional

A Quick Tutorial on the Turtle RDF Serialization

Fri, 27 Jan 2017 06:47:08 +0000

This blog post covers the use of Turtle, which the author describes as "one of the more humane RDF serializations". Turtle is simple to understand, is human readable and editable in its raw form, and is relatively compact. In order to explain the serialization, the author presents the basics of the RDF data model.

URL: http://haystack.csail.mit.edu/blog/2008/11/06/a-quick-tutorial-on-the-tutrle-rdf-serialization/
Keywords: Turtle, Blank nodes, Datatypes
Author: Benson, Edward
Publisher: MIT CSAIL Research
Date created: 2008-11-06 05:00:00.000
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P15M
Educational use: instruction
Educational audience: professional
Interactivity type: expositive

OWL and DL Homework Exercises

Sat, 21 Jan 2017 06:46:41 +0000

This document contains several "written" and "electronic" homework questions originally from the course "Semantic Web Topics" at LeHigh University. They include: Draw the equivalent graph given an OWL document expressed in RDF syntax; In the OWL RDF/XML-based syntax, write two different axioms (i.e., using a different combination of constructors) stating that the classes Man and Woman are disjoint- without using owl:disjointWith; Given a sets of triples in Turtle syntax which describes several resources, write a set of OWL2 axioms that would allow one to infer several properties about each resource; For each of a series of axioms, determine which of three possible interpretations satisfy it.

URL: http://www.cse.lehigh.edu/~heflin/courses/sw-2013/hw3.pdf
Keywords: Web Ontology Language (OWL), Axioms, Disjointedness, RDF Schema, Description Logic (DL)
Author: Heflin, Jeff
Date created: 2013-02-01 05:00:00.000
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P2H
Educational use: assessment
Educational audience: teacher-educationSpecialist
Interactivity type: active

RDF Homework Exercises

Sat, 21 Jan 2017 06:46:41 +0000

This document contains several "written" and "electronic" homework questions originally from the course "Semantic Web Topics" at LeHigh University. They include: Translating an RDF Graph into the Turtle syntax; Using the RDFS entailment rules determine what triples can be inferred from an RDF Graph; Explain the advantage of using multiple rdfs:range statements over using the union of the individual ranges to determine the actual range; Draw the equivalent graph when given an RDF document written in XML; Write the equivalent RDF/XML for a series of online references; Using Jena, write a class object that can read in an RDF file that was written using a specific vocabulary and output a list of the publications, one per line.

URL: http://www.cse.lehigh.edu/~heflin/courses/sw-2013/hw1.pdf
Keywords: Turtle, RDF Schema, Entailment regimes, eXtensible Markup Language (XML), Apache Jena, Java
Author: Heflin, Jeff
Date created: 2013-02-01 05:00:00.000
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P4H
Educational use: assessment
Educational audience: teacher-educationSpecialist
Interactivity type: active

Turtle: Terse RDF Triple Language

Wed, 18 Jan 2017 06:46:16 +0000

This document defines a text syntax for RDF called Turtle as an extension of the N-Triples format, carefully taking the most useful and appropriate things added from Notation 3 while keeping the syntax describing only RDF graphs. Includes several examples using Turtle, as well as comparison to the aforementioned formats and SPARQL.

URL: https://www.dajobe.org/2004/01/turtle/2006-12-04/
Keywords: Turtle
Author: Beckett, Dave
Date created: 2006-12-04 05:00:00.000
Language: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/iso639-2/eng
Time required: P15M
Educational use: instruction
Educational audience: student
Interactivity type: expositive