Validating RDF Data
This book describes two languages for implementing constraints on RDF data, describing the main features of both Shape Expressions (ShEx) and Shapes Constraints Language (SHACL) [...]
Generating RDF from Tabular Data on the Web
This document defines the procedures and rules to be applied when converting tabular data into RDF. Tabular data may be complemented with metadata annotations that [...]
Linked Statistical Data Analysis
Linked Data design principles are increasingly employed to publish and consume high-fidelity, heterogeneous statistical datasets in a distributed fashion. While vast amounts of linked statistics [...]
Don’t Use a Hammer to Screw in a Nail: Alternatives to REGEX in SPARQL
This brief blog post explains that regular expressions are expensive to evaluate regardless of what language you are using them in. The author suggests that [...]
Equality and Inequality in SPARQL
This brief blog post discusses issues surrounding expression semantics in SPARQL. Practices that people are used to from other languages (like the use of "=" [...]
Transforming the Medical Subject Headings into Linked Data: a new article in the Journal of Library Metadata
This article reviews the pilot project to convert the Medical Subject Headings (MeSH) from XML to Linked Data/RDF. The article examines the collaborative process, the [...]
Maximising (Re)Usability of Library Metadata Using Linked Data
In this video, the speaker explores challenges related to the re-usability of library linked metadata in the field of cultural heritage- and for other purposes. [...]
SKOS and Linked Data
This slideshare presentation introduces SKOS and explains how it can be used to represent RDF in a simple way. It explains how SKOS differs from [...]
Semantic Web Misconceptions
The Semantic Web has been talked about for more than a decade. Over those years, several mistaken or misleading ideas about the Semantic Web have [...]
Library Linked Data Incubator Group: Datasets, Value Vocabularies, and Metadata Element Sets
This report on datasets, value vocabularies and metadata elements sets is a complement to the main report of the Library Linked Data Incubator Group. It [...]