The Semantic Web is a web of data. There is lots of data we all use every day, and most of it is not part of the web. I can see my bank statements on the web, and my photographs, and I can see my appointments in a calendar. But can I see my photos [...]
Tags: data, DCMI, Dublin Core, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, FOAF, Friend of a Friend, graphs, HTTP, Linked Data, machine readable, Natural Language Processing, ontology, OpenCalais, OWL, protocol, PURL, RDF, RDF query language, RDFa, RDFs, Resource Description Framework, semantic, Semantic Web, SPARQL, subject-predicate-object, Thomson Reuters, Tim Berners-Lee, Triplestore, Uniform Resource Identifier, Uniform Resource Locator, Uniform Resource Name, URI, url, web of data, Web Ontology Language, world wide web, XML
A common need in SQL is the ability to iterate over a list as if it were an array. In SQL it is not possible to declare arrays, unlike other programming languages such as ColdFusion, ActionScript and Java. Fortunately, there is a way around this problem: use a User-Defined Functions (UDFs) to create a tabular version of the data. Arrays are, after all, essentially tabular data (at their simplest, one dimension level).
Tags: ActionScript, array, data, database, database server, extend, function, Java, SQL, sub-routine, subroutine, t-sql, tabular, UDF, user defined function
Rich Internet Applications are just the beginning. A key trend taking place throughout the Web industry is the urgency to integrate disparate systems and software tools to reduce costs, increase developer productivity, reduce the need for manual processing and intervention in transactions, and decrease time to market. To achieve these objectives, organisations have endorsed the adoption of standards-based systems combined with the migration to Web Services and Service Orientated Architecture. This has led to a requirement to create a consistent and intuitive interface to applications, data and services. The immediate goal of these efforts is to provide simpler, quicker and more efficient access and processing of information.
Tags: Adobe, AIR, Apple, data, disparate systems, Flash, Flex, future, gears, Google, HTML, integrated applications, Internet Applications, Internet Applications Rich Internet Applications, JavaFX, LinkedIn, manual processing, Microsoft, Microsoft Windows, performance solutions, quicktime, RIA, Rich Internet Applications, SaaS, Service Orientated Architecture, services, Silverlight, soa, Software as a Service, software orientated architecture, software tools, sun, Web 2.0, web applications, Web industry, web services, Web Standards, XAML, XML
A new breed of Web-based data integration applications is emerging across the Internet. Colloquially known as mashups, their popularity stems from the emphasis on interactive user participation and the manner in which they aggregate third-party data. A mashup is a website or web application that seamlessly combines content from more than one source into an integrated experience. Mashups are an exciting genre of interactive Web applications that are characterised by, and draw upon, content and functionality retrieved from external data sources to create entirely new and innovative services. They are a hallmark of the second generation of Web applications widely known as Web 2.0.
Tags: api, data, inexpensive, integration, mashup, Mashups, news, photo, Search, shopping, The Web, third-party, video, Web 2.0, web-based