Triplify 0.8 Released
We just released version 0.8 of the Triplify script, which includes the following feature enhancements and fixes: Triplify now supports the Semantic Pingback mechanism: It exposes a X-Pingback HTTP header field, it contains a XML-RPC service (also usable by conventional Pingback clients) and it exports Pingback statements along with the instance data. Fix: The cache ID is [...]

LESS - Content Syndication based on Linked Data
We’ve announced LESS today - an end-to-end approach for the syndication and use of linked data based on the definition of visualization templates for linked data resources and SPARQL query results. Such syndication templates are edited, published and shared by using LESS’ collaborative Web platform. Templates for common types of entities can then be combined with [...]

Open Knowledge Conference 2010
OKCon, now in its fifth year, is the interdisciplinary conference that brings together individuals from across the open knowledge spectrum for a day of presentations and workshops. Open knowledge promises significant social and economic benefits in a wide range of areas from governance to science, from culture to technology. Opening up access to content and data [...]

ESWC 2010 Semantic Web in Use Track
Some AKSW members are involved in next year’s Semantic Web in Use Track of the Extended Semantic Web Conference 2010. Yes, its called “Extended”, instead of formerly “European”, in order to reflect the broadening of the topics of interest. Next year’s In-Use track is particularly devoted to: Description of concrete problems in specific application domains, for [...]

Triplify 0.7 Released
We just released version 0.7 of the Triplify script, which includes the following feature enhancements and fixes: Triplify can now be used as a tool for Extract-Tranform-Load (ETL) cycles by calling it from the command line. The default behavior for mapping URIs to SQL queries can now be easily extended by using regular expressions to match request [...]