tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090914606822911489.post280227876627147956..comments2023-04-27T09:10:38.028-07:00Comments on Less Talk, More Code: Beginning with RDF triplestores - a 'survey'Ben O'Steenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10330754112283510575noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090914606822911489.post-51898319445937675012008-12-30T11:49:00.000-08:002008-12-30T11:49:00.000-08:00the JAVA stuff was a parade of fail for me, Virtuo...the JAVA stuff was a parade of fail for me, Virtuoso is a huge beast i dont want running on phone/netbook and i hate PHP, not to mention the needless abstraction/bloat/latency of a solution like pomegranate->reddy->activerdf->sparql->tcp->virtuoso (and back) and all the awesome sounding triplestores written in C (garlik/metaweb) are proprietary so i ended up writing a minimalist FS based triple-store for <A HREF="http://repo.or.cz/w/element.git" REL="nofollow">element</A><BR/><BR/>the tradeoff is using a decent FS for optimized for many small and/or blank nodes like BTRfs or Reiser4, and not having to worry about your DB server being there and all sorts of metalayers in between running smooth<BR/><BR/>i mean, if your FS isnt there, you got bigger issues to worry about..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090914606822911489.post-1867103619846191112008-11-17T03:04:00.000-08:002008-11-17T03:04:00.000-08:00Mulgara should be shipped as default with both the...Mulgara should be shipped as default with both the latest Fedora 3.1 and the 2.2.4(?) versions. <BR/><BR/>I've had issues installing Fedora on Mac, but if you can do it, it is worth the effort - the mix of an RDF modelled store of objects with the Fedora model of providing fixed aggregations of objects is a powerful one.Ben O'Steenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330754112283510575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090914606822911489.post-13035673169417587382008-11-17T02:59:00.000-08:002008-11-17T02:59:00.000-08:00Thats a shame, because I think your article on mod...Thats a shame, because I think your article on modeling with rdf/fedora really brings out where the triplestore really shines, that is, combined with a digital library. An obvious application is as a viable alternative for iphotos function as a DL.<BR/><BR/>btw i couldn't tell if mulgara was packaged with the fedora3 installer? (I'm persisting with my attempts, but a ppc mac as my only available machine is hampering things. )Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06166023503610953768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090914606822911489.post-10410839900620660392008-11-17T01:56:00.000-08:002008-11-17T01:56:00.000-08:00@stephen ...fedora/mulgara fares signifigantly wor...@stephen ...fedora/mulgara fares signifigantly worse in terms of "amount-of-knowledge-needed-to-install" - barring scripts like the Fascinator, of course.Ben O'Steenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10330754112283510575noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3090914606822911489.post-27818249534250047172008-11-14T14:11:00.000-08:002008-11-14T14:11:00.000-08:00does fedora/mulgara fare any better?does fedora/mulgara fare any better?Stephenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06166023503610953768noreply@blogger.com