In this demo we present LDP4ROs, a prototype implementation that allows creating, browsing and updating Research Objects (ROs) and their contents using typical HTTP operations. This is achieved by aligning the RO model with the W3C Linked Data Platform (LDP).

1. Daniel Garijo
Nandana Mihindukulasooriya
Oscar Corcho
Ontology Engineering Group
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
dgarijo@fi.upm.es
Florence, may 19th 2015
LDP4ROs: Managing Research
Objects with the Linked Data
Platform

2. Linked Data Platform
2LDP4ROs: Managing Research Objects with the Linked Data Platform
• Linked Data Platform (http://www.w3.org/TR/ldp/)
• A standard protocol for read-write Linked Data
• LDP application ‘flavors’
• vanilla vs. chocolate (application-specific)
• Interoperability
Source: http://www.slideshare.net/nandana/ldp4j-a-framework-for-the-development-of-interoperable-readwrite-linked-data-applications
chocolate
vanilla
LDP Clients Data model Business logic
LDP Resource (LDPR)
Non-RDF
Source
(LDP-NR)
RDF Source (LDP-NR)
LDP Container (LDPC)
Basic Container
Direct Container
Indirect Container

3. Research Object
3
Aggregation of resources that bundles together the contents of a research work
LDP4ROs: Managing Research Objects with the Linked Data Platform

4. LDP+ROs = LDP4ROs
4LDP4ROs: Managing Research Objects with the Linked Data Platform
LDP Resource (LDPR)
Non-RDF
Source
(LDP-NR)
RDF Source (LDP-NR)
LDP Container (LDPC)
Basic Container
Direct Container
Indirect Container
http://purl.org/net/ldp4ro/spec
Model
Mapping
Creation, browsing
and
visualization of ROs
Form
to
RDF
http://purl.org/net/ldp4ro
Implementation
GET
POST
POST
GET/POST

5. Daniel Garijo
Nandana Mihindukulasooriya
Oscar Corcho
Ontology Engineering Group
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid
Madrid, Spain
dgarijo@fi.upm.es
Florence, may 19th 2015
LDP4ROs: Managing Research
Objects with the Linked Data
Platform