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eBay to Linked Data Transformation Examples
eBay holds an offer about the Star Wars Episode 4 DVD.
Initial eBay DVD Offer Page
Here we see the the DVD offer data. We can look for a DVD offer'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:
eBay DVD Offer Page Transformation
This displays a description of the resource Metadata available on the page.
Virtuoso Sponger offers the powerful feature of showing labels for Object IDs.
Here the Object ID for the eBay Page about Star Wars Episode 4 DVD is http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/about/id/http/www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Episode-4-Ws-New-2006-New-Digital-V-/110719257454?pt=US_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray&hash=item19c761cb6e
This Object ID resolves to the actual Representation of the Object indirectly i.e., The Name -> Address -> Data.
eBay Data Object that represents a DVD
Via the primary topic relation, there is another Object that Represents Star Wars Episode 4 (Ws) A New (2006) - New - Digital V the DVD. The ID of this Object is: http://linkeddata.uriburner.com/about/id/entity/http/www.ebay.com/itm/Star-Wars-Episode-4-Ws-New-2006-New-Digital-V-/110719257454?pt=US_DVD_HD_DVD_Blu_ray&hash=item19c761cb6e
Alternative Follow-Your-Nose friendly view of a eBay Data Object that represents a DVD
We can take a look at the /fct variant of the primaryTopic object page by clicking the Facets link from the footer section "Alternative Linked Data Views":
Click "Next" to view the rest of the Attributes and their Values:
ODE Explorer views of eBay Data Objects
We can also look for a specific DVD offer data at the initial DVD offer 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:
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
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Further you can click on a Data Entity to explore its Linked Data Web:
