Comments on: Excel RDF http://dynamicorange.com/2009/07/22/excel-rdf/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=excel-rdf A low-frequency blog by Rob Styles Sun, 29 Apr 2012 07:29:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Bernhard Schandl http://dynamicorange.com/2009/07/22/excel-rdf/#comment-5115 Bernhard Schandl Wed, 22 Jul 2009 16:33:40 +0000 http://dynamicorange.com/?p=524#comment-5115 Let me point you to a tool that represents any Linked Data RDF description as csv file (which conveys essentially the same information as a spreadsheet) by the means of a virtual file system: the paper is at http://events.linkeddata.org/ldow2009/papers/ldow2009_paper1.pdf and you can download the virtual file system driver at http://lodfs.sourceforge.net Let me point you to a tool that represents any Linked Data RDF description as csv file (which conveys essentially the same information as a spreadsheet) by the means of a virtual file system: the paper is at http://events.linkeddata.org/ldow2009/papers/ldow2009_paper1.pdf and you can download the virtual file system driver at http://lodfs.sourceforge.net

]]> By: Rob Styles http://dynamicorange.com/2009/07/22/excel-rdf/#comment-5114 Rob Styles Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:36:25 +0000 http://dynamicorange.com/?p=524#comment-5114 @Jonathan - yes, a very important point. @Jeni RDF/CSV was my initial thought, but Excel seemed somewhat more perverse... Suggestions as to how to distinguish URIs and literals in Object columns welcomed. New someone would spot that :-( Glad it was you. @Jonathan – yes, a very important point.

@Jeni RDF/CSV was my initial thought, but Excel seemed somewhat more perverse… Suggestions as to how to distinguish URIs and literals in Object columns welcomed. New someone would spot that :-( Glad it was you.

]]> By: Jeni Tennison http://dynamicorange.com/2009/07/22/excel-rdf/#comment-5113 Jeni Tennison Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:32:21 +0000 http://dynamicorange.com/?p=524#comment-5113 If column C may contain either a URI or a literal value, how do you tell the difference between the two? Some literal values look like URIs (eg the value of dc:identifier). It's a short step from this to RDF/CSV, which would arguably be more useful (since it wouldn't be surrounded in MS Excel cruft). If column C may contain either a URI or a literal value, how do you tell the difference between the two? Some literal values look like URIs (eg the value of dc:identifier).

It’s a short step from this to RDF/CSV, which would arguably be more useful (since it wouldn’t be surrounded in MS Excel cruft).

]]> By: Jonathan Rochkind http://dynamicorange.com/2009/07/22/excel-rdf/#comment-5112 Jonathan Rochkind Wed, 22 Jul 2009 13:28:01 +0000 http://dynamicorange.com/?p=524#comment-5112 Nice. The point this proves to me is that RDF does not mean XML, or any other particular serialization. An Excel spreadsheet prepared according to your spec would in fact _BE_ RDF. So it's impact on the argument about whether linked data needs to be RDF.... is unclear. Nice. The point this proves to me is that RDF does not mean XML, or any other particular serialization. An Excel spreadsheet prepared according to your spec would in fact _BE_ RDF. So it’s impact on the argument about whether linked data needs to be RDF…. is unclear.

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