Bob DuCharme
Senior Technical Writer at Graphwise (opinions mine, not theirs). Wrote O'Reilly's "Learning SPARQL." Likes working with semi-structured data and metadata.
Senior Technical Writer at Graphwise (opinions mine, not theirs). Wrote O'Reilly's "Learning SPARQL." Likes working with semi-structured data and metadata.
Every product I use is pushing some sort of AI features on me, and my first reaction to Jira doing this was an eye roll. I have since learned that, because their search has always been so awful, the "Ask AI" version of their search is soooo much better.
New blog entry — The best way to talk about AI: don't say 'AI' so much; say what you really mean https://www.bobdc.com/blog/stopsayingai/
New blog entry tomorrow — The best way to talk about AI: don't say 'AI' so much; say what you really mean.
Nice presentations on what's new in RDF 1.2 and SPARQL 1.2: https://www.w3.org/Talks/2025/iswc-tutorial-rdfsparql-12/
New blog entry: My GraphRAG Curator interview — discussing RDF graphs, RAG, GraphRAG, music... https://www.bobdc.com/blog/graphragcuratorinterview/
New blog entry: My GraphRAG Curator interview — discussing RDF graphs, RAG, GraphRAG, music... https://www.bobdc.com/blog/graphragcuratorinterview/
What does it mean to claim that a SPARQL benchmark proves that one engine is faster than another? A passionate debate about one case is going on at https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:7391193877463896064/
The published lyrics of the 1967 Rolling Stones song “2000 Man” (later covered by KISS) include the line “I am having an affair with a random computer”. Wouldn’t “RAND computer” have made more sense in 1967?
@rieyin I never said that; see where I wrote "sure, there are some". Paligo looks cool and makes a nice example of the kind of interconnected datasets that are proving the value of RDF technology. I see that their site doesn't use the phrase "semantic web" anywhere, and from what I could see only uses the word "semantic" when discussing "semantic annotations". I stand by my suggestion that we should all cut way back on the use of the term "semantic web".
New blog entry: Let's stop saying "semantic web" — like a startup pivot, the technology turned out to be great for things other than a new kind of "web". https://www.bobdc.com/blog/stopsemanticweb/
New blog entry tomorrow: Let's stop saying "semantic web" — like a startup pivot, the technology turned out to be great for things other than a new kind of "web".
Gotta love a comic strip that uses XOR as part of the punch line. https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/chew
"Top 10 Query Languages Every Developer Should Know in 2025" including, of course, SPARQL https://www.analyticsinsight.net/amp/story/programming/top-10-query-languages-every-developer-should-know-in-2025
“Journey” is the new “experience” to make the use of your simple product sound like a bigger deal than it actually is.
What are some currently running SPARQL endpoints that people like besides Wikidata and DBpedia?
New blog entry: Correcting some outdated "Learning SPARQL" examples https://www.bobdc.com/blog/updating-2nd-ed-examples/