Hello, World!

This walk-through will demonstrate how to setup your own SPARQL endpoint for other sites/people to query.

Required module: SPARQL

Enable the necessary Modules

From the Modules administration page (admin/modules), enable SPARQL API and SPARQL Endpoint

Notice: Requires: RDFx (enabled), RDF (enabled), Entity API (enabled), SPARQL API (enabled)

Once these have been enbled you should see Build RDF index and SPARQL endpoint in the Navigation menu.

Manage SPARQL endpoint entities.

This is where you can register any SPARQL endpoint that you want your site to
query. If you would like to setup your own SPARQL endpoint for other sites to
query please see "Setting up your own SPARQL endpoint".

Beginning with Drupal 7.0 RDF is part of Drupal core. There are a number of modules that when used together can provide a robust implementation of Semantic Web technologies. I'd like to explore this path of implementation within Drupal. I will begin with this blog post on getting started with RDF in Drupal.

A ton of information regarding RDF is available on-line so I will not reproduce what already exists.

So, I finally decided to get involved with an open source community project. After weighing the pros and cons of a variety of open source projects, I chose Drupal. I started watching some of the development of Drupal core back in October of 2010. The inclusion of RDF in Drupal core really peaked my interest. This lead me to the work being done by Drupal Semantic Web group.