[LAD] RDF libraries, was Re: [ANN] IR: LV2 Convolution Reverb

[Chris Cannam]

On 23 February 2011 22:11, David Robillard <d at drobilla.net> wrote:
> SLV2 is now based on two new libraries: Serd (RDF syntax) and Sord (RDF
> store). Both are roughly 2 thousand lines of C, solid and thoroughly
> tested (about 95% code coverage, like SLV2 itself). Serd has zero
> dependencies, Sord depends only on Glib (for the time being, possibly
> not in the future).

Can you point me at the API or code?  I couldn't see it in a quick
browse on your SVN server.

I have a library (Dataquay,
http://code.breakfastquay.com/projects/dataquay -- preparing a 1.0
release of it at the moment, so if anyone wants to try it, go for the
repository rather than the old releases) which provides a Qt4 wrapper
for librdf and an object-RDF mapper.

It's intended for applications whose developers like the idea of RDF
as an abstract data model and Turtle as a syntax, but are not
particularly interested in being scalable datastores or engaging in
the linked data world.

For my purposes, Dataquay using librdf is fine -- I can configure it
so that bloat is not an issue (and hey! I'm using Qt already) and some
optional extras are welcome.  But I can see the appeal of a more
limited, lightweight, or at least less configuration-dependent
back-end.

I've considered doing LV2 as a simple example case for Dataquay, but
the thought of engaging in more flamewars about LV2 and GUIs is really
what has put me off so far.  In other words, I like the cut of your
jib here.


Chris