Generating Documentation Sites for Linked Data Vocabularies

Over the last few weeks I've been working on a Metalsmith plugin that will generate Web documentation similar to https://schema.org for any RDF vocabulary

Posted by Howard Friday, December 2, 2016

Linked Data and Mutations

Whenever talk about linked data, there are generally 2 questions that get asked: what are the practical benefits of applying linked data principles and how do you handle mutations (changes) to data? This addresses the latter.

Posted by Howard Monday, November 14, 2016

Service Ownership and Linked Data

It's hard to tease apart services. It's easier to tease apart data.

Posted by Howard Friday, November 4, 2016

A Linked Data Overview for Web API Developers

For a while now, I’ve held the belief that the biggest reason people get the whole “REST" thing wrong is because they are looking at Roy Fielding’s doctoral dissertation – the paper that coins the term “REST” - as a prescription for how to design APIs. There are 2 things wrong here that I think explain the current state of the API world when it comes to REST. First, is the idea that the terms and descriptions in the paper can be exclusively applied to the server.

Posted by Howard Saturday, October 15, 2016

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I’m into a bit of everything. Some might say that makes me attention-deficit - I like to think it gives me the ability to see things from more angles. I’m a huge technology enthusiast, and while I've worked for some pretty large tech companies, my interests are pretty broad. The opinions here are mine alone.