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How to Publish Linked Data on the Web

Authors:

Chris Bizer (Web-based Systems Group, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

Richard Cyganiak (Web-based Systems Group, Freie Universität Berlin, Germany)

Tom Heath (Knowledge Media Institute, The Open University, Milton Keynes, UK)

This version:

http://sites.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/suhl/bizer/pub/LinkedDataTutorial/20070727/

Latest version:

http://sites.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/suhl/bizer/pub/LinkedDataTutorial/

Abstract

This document provides a tutorial on how to publish Linked Data on the Web. After a general overview of the concept of Linked Data, we describe several practical recipes for publishing information as Linked Data on the Web.

Table of Contents

1. Introduction: Linked Data on the Web

2. Basic Principles Web Architecture The RDF Data Model

3. Choosing URIs

4. Which vocabularies should I use to represent information?

5. What should I return as RDF description for a URI?

6. How to set RDF links to other data sources

7. Recipes for Serving Information as Linked Data Serving static RDF files Serving relational databases Serving other types of information Implementing Wrappers around existing Applications or Web APIs

8. Testing and Debugging Linked Data

9. Discovering Linked Data on the Web

10. Further Reading and Tools

Appendix A: Example HTTP Session

Appendix B: How to get yourself into the Web of Data

Appendix C: Changes

1. Introduction: Linked Data on the Web

The goal of Linked Data is to enable people to share structured data on the Web as easily as they can share documents today.

The term Linked Data was coined by Tim Berners-Lee in his Linked Data Web architecture note. The term refers to a style of publishing and interlinking structured data on the Web. The basic assumption behind Linked Data is that the value and usefulness of data increases the more it is interlinked with other data. In summary, Linked Data is simply about using the Web to create typed links between data ...

Original URL

http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/pub/LinkedDataTutorial/

http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/pub/LinkedDataTutorial/