pyldapi 2.0.5

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

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