Razorbase Examples Part 3(Walking Linked Data type paths)

By Sherman Monroe

Razorbase

• A browser for exploring the Linked Open Data cloud using OpenLink Facets API

Live demo available at http://www.razorbase.com

Task 1: Find dog breeds

Find dog breeds

• Let’s take a look at what types of results we have

• Use the Categories Explorer

Find dog breeds

• Not a lot here that’s useful

Find dog breeds

• Not a lot here that’s useful• Let’s return to results

Find dog breeds

• The first result appears to take us to Dog Breeds

Find dog breeds

• We now have the subject page for Dog Breeds

Find dog breeds

• We now have the subject page for Dog Breeds• Still not much useful information

Find dog breeds

• We now have the subject page for Dog Breeds• Still not much useful information• Let’s see what’s connected to Dog Breeds

Find dog breeds

• We now have the subject page for Dog Breeds• Still not much useful information• Let’s see what’s connected to Dog Breeds• Maybe we can pivot to a list of dogs

… hmmm

Find dog breeds

• It appears that our subject, Dog Breed, is being used as a topic

Find dog breeds

• It appears that our subject, Dog Breed, is being used as a topic

• Let’s see what things are under the topic Dog Breed

Find dog breeds

• We now have a list of dog breeds

Find dog breeds

• We now have a list of dog breeds• For fun, let’s take a look at breeds of other

things

Breeds of Rabit

Task 2: Find litter sizes

• Now lets find dogs by the country their from

This should give us …

… French dogs

Let’s scroll page down

This should give us…

… Swedish dogs

Conclusion

• We used the Category Explorer and Information Explorer to navigate types of things

Conclusion

• We used the Category Explorer and Information Explorer to navigate types of things

• Linked Data allows use to “walk” the types of things and their connections easily

Now go grow the Data Web!