Ghassan Alhamoud wrote:
> could anyone suggest an alternative scenario that did not come to my mind.

My alternative when I need to do some data entry manually or I need to ask
someone else to do that for me is: spreadsheets.
I give them (or I use) a template with columns I need and provide a couple
of examples.

Drawback is: UI isn't great, interaction isn't great nor real-time, no
check/radio buttons or easy way to select values from a list, etc.
But, don't under estimates spreadsheets (they are still around and people
are use to it).

This approach works only in an "intranet"/internal scenario, with partners
not in general on the Web with a larger audience. Although, some of the
data publishers allows you to upload tabular data (either CSV, spreadsheets,
etc.)


Another alternative I've used it the past is: usual HTML forms, you receive
a map of (key,value) pairs of what the user has entered then you use a template
engine (I use Apache Velocity) to render RDF data and load it behind the
scenes. Very ugly, I know... and it works on the input direction only.
No updates/edits, as you probably need.


Paolo


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