Linked Data. Evolving theWeb into a Global Data Space

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List of Figures Preface Introduction The Data Deluge The Rationale for Linked Data Structure Enables Sophisticated Processing Hyperlinks Connect Distributed Data From Data Islands to a Global Data Space Introducing Big Lynx Productions Principles of Linked Data The Principles in a Nutshell Naming Things with URIs Making URIs Defererenceable 303 URIs Hash URIs Hash versus 303 Providing Useful RDF Information The RDF Data Model RDF Serialization Formats Including Links to other Things Relationship Links Identity Links Vocabulary Links Conclusions The Web of Data Bootstrapping the Web of Data Topology of the Web of Data Cross-Domain Data Geographic Data Media Data Government Data Libraries and Education Life Sciences Data Retail and Commerce User Generated Content and Social Media Conclusions Linked Data Design Considerations Using URIs as Names for Things Minting HTTP URIs Guidelines for Creating Cool URIs Example URIs Describing Things with RDF Literal Triples and Outgoing Links Incoming Links Triples that Describe Related Resources Triples that Describe the Description Publishing Data about Data Describing a Data Set Provenance Metadata Licenses, Waivers and Norms for Data Choosing and Using Vocabularies to Describe Data SKOS, RDFS and OWL RDFS Basics A Little OWL Reusing Existing Terms Selecting Vocabularies Defining Terms Making Links with RDF Making Links within a Data Set Making Links with External Data Sources Setting RDF Links Manually Auto-generating RDF Links Recipes for Publishing Linked Data Linked Data Publishing Patterns Patterns in a Nutshell Additional Considerations The Recipes Serving Linked Data as Static RDF/XML Files Serving Linked Data as RDF Embedded in HTML Files Serving RDF and HTML with Custom Server-Side Scripts Serving Linked Data from Relational Databases Serving Linked Data from RDF Triple Stores Serving Linked Data by Wrapping Existing Application or Web APIs Additional Approaches to Publishing Linked Data Testing and Debugging Linked Data Linked Data Publishing Checklist Consuming Linked Data Deployed Linked Data Applications Generic Applications Domain-specific Applications Developing a Linked Data Mashup Software Requirements Accessing Linked Data URIs Representing Data Locally using Named Graphs Querying Local Data with SPARQL Architecture of Linked Data Applications Accessing the Web of Data Vocabulary Mapping Identity Resolution Provenance Tracking Data Quality Assessment Caching Web Data Locally Using Web Data in the Application Context Effort Distribution between Publishers, Consumers and Third Parties Summary and Outlook Bibliography Authors' Biographies