Data formats are annoying. As much as half the code in any large software project consists of translating from one data representation — objects, SQL tables, files, XML, RDF, JSON, YAML, CSV, Protocol Buffers, Avro, XML-RPC — to another. Each format has its own strengths and weaknesses. Often, no single representation is complete enough to…
I’ve been fascinated with RDF for years, but I always end up frustrated when I try to use it. How do you read/write/manipulate RDF data in code? Sure, there are lots of libraries, but they all represent RDF data as its primitive structures: statements, resources, literals, etc. Working with data through these APIs feels like…
My Hadoop World NYC talk went off well; here are my slides [PDF]