Fedora 4 (https://github.com/fcrepo4/fcrepo4/releases) is based on the
Linked Data Platform standard (http://www.w3.org/TR/ldp/). This enables you
to just push linked data to it (using curl or the ldp gem in ruby, more
languages to follow) and it's published. It's quite easy if you can get
your head around RDF (turtle serialization).

The Hydra Project and Islandora are working on Fedora 4 front ends for your
patrons, who presumably do not read RDF, to use.


- Justin



On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 1:45 PM, Michael Beccaria <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> I have recently had the opportunity to create a new library web page and
> host it on my own servers. One of the elements of the new page that I want
> to improve upon is providing live or near live information on technology
> availability (10 of 12 laptops available, etc.). That data resides on my
> ILS server and I thought it might be a good time to upgrade the bubble gum
> and duct tape solution I now have to creating a real linked data service
> that would provide that availability information to the web server.
>
> The problem is there is a lot of overly complex and complicated
> information out there onlinked data and RDF and the semantic web etc. and
> I'm looking for a simple guide to creating a very simple linked data
> service with php or python or whatever. Does such a resource exist? Any
> advice on where to start?
> Thanks,
>
> Mike Beccaria
> Systems Librarian
> Head of Digital Initiative
> Paul Smith's College
> 518.327.6376
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