Drupal has a variety of tools for working with RDF. These are best supported in Drupal 7, but there are also some tools for Drupal 6, the version that your school — except for the library — uses for their website. Thanks, Cary On Aug 6, 2014, at 11:45 AM, 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 > [log in to unmask] > Become a friend of Paul Smith's Library on Facebook today!