GSoC update : Semantic Collection for Amarok

Teo Mrnjavac teo at kde.org
Thu May 31 21:03:47 UTC 2012


On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 9:34 PM, Phalgun Guduthur
<phalgun.guduthur at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hey!
>
> The updates as of now,
>
> The 2008 code for Nepomuk integration is not valid anymore due to the
> extensive changes in Nepomuk API.
>
> Strigi as of now is quite bad compared to taglib for extracting audio file
> metadata. I will be working on enhancing this part of Strigi. But I will
> only commence work on this from August after the NepomukCollection and
> NepomukQueryMaker is ready.
>

Will you be able to test NepomukCollection and NepomukQueryMaker
properly without good data coming from Strigi? What's the rationale
for not fixing Strigi first?

> I have come up with a short document on playing around with Nepomuk data. It
> contains instructions on installing the nepomukshell and on using it to
> browse resources or execute SPARQL queries. [1]
> Please do turn on Nepomuk file indexing and let Strigi index a few files
> before giving it a try.
>
> It also has a basic introduction to SPARQL and a few sample queries.
> The document also features external references if you are looking for
> standard tutorials on Nepomuk and SPARQL.
>
> I will be starting the actual coding phase for my Nepomuk integration from
> now on.
>

Great! Always happy to get updates, keep 'em coming ;)

Cheers,
-- 
Teo


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