The OpenLink Data Explorer Extension - Example Uses

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Facebook to Linked Data Transformation Examples

Facebook holds an information about Kingsley Uyi Idehen's profile.

Initial Facebook Profile Page

Here we see the the person profile data. We can look for the person profile's details and Right-Click (or Ctrl-Click on Mac) on and then click on "View Page Description" to obtain a descriptions of the resources available on the linked page:

Facebook Profile Page Transformation

Facebook Person Profile Data

This displays a description of the resource Metadata available on the page.

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Virtuoso Sponger offers the powerful feature of showing labels for Object IDs.

Here the Object ID for the Facebook Person Profile Page about Kingsley Uyi Idehen is http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/about/id/http/www.facebook.com/kidehen

This Object ID resolves to the actual Representation of the Object indirectly i.e., The Name -> Address -> Data.

Facebook Data Object that represents a Person

Via the primary topic relation, there is another Object that Represents Kingsley Uyi Idehen's Profile the Person. The ID of this Object is: http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/about/id/entity/http/www.facebook.com/kidehen

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Alternative Follow-Your-Nose friendly view of a Facebook Data Object that represents a Person

We can look at the /fct variant of the primaryTopic object page by clicking the Facets link from the footer section "Alternative Linked Data Views":

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Click "Next" to view the rest of the Attributes and their Values:

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ODE Explorer views of Facebook Data Objects

We can also look for a specific person profile data at the initial Facebook Graph Profile page from above, with Right-Click (or Ctrl-Click on Mac) then click on "View Data Sources". The OpenLink Data Explorer loads in a new tab and we see the data that has been made available. This can now be browsed through:

OpenLink Data View Kingsley Uyi Idehen's Facebook Profile

ODE Explorer offers a rich collection of different types of Views depending on a given criteria: What; Where; Who; etc.

Click for example the "Navigator" View link

: OpenLink Data View Kingsley Idehen Facebook Profile

Further you can click on a Data Entity to explore its Linked Data Web:

OpenLink Data View Kingsley Idehen Facebook Profile

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