pyldapi 1.0.0

A very small module to add Linked Data API functionality to a Python Flask installation

# Python Linked Data API (pyLDAPI)
A very small module to add Linked Data API functionality to a Python Flask installation


## How to use
This module contains only a single Python file with a few static methods and classes that are indented to be added to a Flask API in order to add a series of extra functions to endpoints that the API delivers. It will also require the addition of one API endpoint - a 'Register of Registers' (see below) - if it is not already present.

An API using this module will get:

* an *alternates view* for each *Register* and *Object* that the API delivers
* if the API declares the appropriate *model view*s for each item
* a *Register of Registers*
* a start-up function that auto-generated a Register of Registers is run when the API is launched
* a basic, over-writeable, template for Registers' HTML & RDF



### Definitions
* **alternates view**: the *model view* that lists all other views. This API uses the definition of *alternates view* presented at <https://promsns.org/def/alt>
* **Linked Data principles**: principles of making things available over the Internet in both human and machine readable forms. codified by the World Wide Web Consortium. See <https://www.w3.org/standards/semanticweb/data>
* *model view*: a set of properties of a Linked Data object codified according to a standard or profile of a standard
* **Object**: any individual thing delivered according to *Linked Data principles*
* **Register**: a simple listing of URIs of objects, delivered according to *Linked Data principles*
* **Register of Registers**: a a *register* that lists all other *registers* that an API provides


## License
This repository is licensed under GNU General Public License (GPL) v3.0. See the [LICENSE deed](LICENSE) in this repository for details.


## Contacts
Developer and Point of Contact:
**Nicholas Car**
*Senior Experimental Scientist*
CSIRO Land & Water
<[e-mail]>
<http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8742-7730>