Re: [ontolog-forum] Self Interest Ontology

[Kingsley Idehen <kidehen@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 4/7/12 6:08 PM, Rich Cooper wrote:

Dear David and Kingsley,

 

Kingsley is right in principle at this time in the technology though, David.  ODBC is widely available, and can be installed automatically by a program that needs it.  So adding web links to spreadsheets in web pages does sound kind of conceptually attractive.  So his statement of the problem is sound, IMHO.  It’s a good idea to ponder. 

 

Kingsley, do you do that kind of work?

Yes.

We've developed and deployed ODBC Drivers for all major RDBMS engines for 20 years. One problem that ODBC never addressed was the ability to extend data access beyond RDBMS engines. It also had a degree of platform specificity, so Windows always had the richest collection of ODBC compliant applications. I've written some posts [1][2][3][4] about the data connectivity and platform specificity shortcomings of ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE-DB.

It might be useful to hear more about what services and or products you offer in some way related to that interesting concept you raised?

Our Virtuoso product includes ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, OLE-DB, and XMLA drivers. Thus, you only need to install the client en route to interacting with public or private HTTP networks via SQL which has been extended to include SPARQL. For instance, you have access to the entire LOD cloud (and more)  via tools such as Excel, Access, Google Spreadsheet etc.. You can do the similar things with Facebook, Google+, LinkedIn, Twitter etc.. all playing the role of Tables in a massive distributed database.

Links:

1. http://goo.gl/ovqPL -- post about the data access and connectivity short comings of ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE-DB .

2. http://goo.gl/jhDcV -- simple Guide for Google Spreadsheet Data Imports via SPARQL (showcasing use of Web to enhance one of the most powerful ODBC utility demos).

3. http://goo.gl/LmFR5 -- another variant of the above

4. http://goo.gl/7xWwY -- example that covers Microsoft Access and Excel with Nature.com as the data source courtesy of its recent recent Linked Data publication .

5. http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com -- Virtuoso Home Page

6. http://uriburner.com -- public instance of Virtuoso that uses Linked Data cartridges (drivers) to produce Linked Data graphs from a majority of popular APIs and data representation formats .


Kingsley

 

-Rich

 

Sincerely,

Rich Cooper

EnglishLogicKernel.com

Rich AT EnglishLogicKernel DOT com

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From: ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ontolog-forum-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Eddy
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2012 1:46 PM
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Subject: Re: [ontolog-forum] Self Interest Ontology

 

Kingsley -

 

On Apr 7, 2012, at 4:28 PM, Kingsley Idehen wrote:

This is where I truly believe Linked Data shines 

 

[Context: I must confess (provenance?) that I have not made a close study of Linked Data.]

 

What does Linked Data do to address the "what is it I'm getting at the other end of this pipe?" issue?

 

Linking all this stuff together isn't new.  How long has ODBC been around?  At least 20 years?

 

 

What does Linked Data add to the challenge of "I wonder what's in this column/field/cell?"

 

I am assuming:

 

(1) you (the linker) do not know

 

(2) you do not have access to the person who does know

 

(3) the person who does know is likely only partially correct.

 

 

 

SemWeb is looking for a presentation Tuesday.  Can you show how Linked Data resolves this "semantic connectivity" issue?

 

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David Eddy

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