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SQL-style queries of any social network? Where do I sign up?
by nbaumann 16y ago
SQL-style queries of any social network? Where do I sign up?
- mindcrime 16y agoSadly it would be fairly trivial to do that if social networks standardized on something like FOAF; which would make it possible to just use SPARQL for queries. Of course figuring out how to deal with the privacy implications would be an impediment, but the basic querying would not be a big deal. Mapping identify across domains would also be a challenge without some sort of common identifier, or explicit mapping declaration(s), but it could be done. Nobody (well, almost nobody) does it though. FOAFspace is practically a barren wasteland compared to what it could be. All the social networks hide whatever access they do allow, behind proprietary APIs at best. :-(
- dpritchett 16y agoFacebook has FQL and Yahoo has a YQL console that's wired up to lots of different sources: http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console/ http://developer.yahoo.com/yql/console/
- nbaumann 16y agoYeah, I've diddled around with it and it's great. Would love to see it hooked up into more services though.
- orionlogic 16y agoThose are great but still not for prime time usage which means not ready for dummies.
- jamii 16y agoThis is the aim of Locker: https://github.com/quartzjer/Locker https://github.com/quartzjer/Locker