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On 18/03/11 18:14, McGibbney, Lewis John wrote:
> Hello list,

Hi Lewis,

> I have a general question relating to the above. I am interested in
> experimenting with using SquirrelRDF but wish to do some preliminary
> research in an attempt to learn about real life/production use cases
> for using the RDF data retrieved as a result of using SquirrelRDF to
> query a RDBMS. 

I wrote SquirrelRDF, but haven't worked on it for a long time. You might
want to look at D2R, which is very similar. [1]

<snip>

> This would enable to keep my existing infrastructure running
> by use of a simple data import from MySQL to the index but will also
> enable me to utilise the RDF data retrieved by SquirrelRDF.

> I know that this might sound trivial but I am researching within the
> area of design and construction and IT, so at some point I would be
> looking to use the RDF data within some sort of application which
> would solve a problem specific to this domain.

I don't think it sounds trivial at all. Don't underestimate the value of
working existing infrastructure :-)

If you code to SPARQL (especially over http) you'll be able to switch in
a variety of native RDF stores in future, should you wish to.

Damian

[1] <http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/d2r-server/>
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