riotsystems.com http://riotsystems.com what was judy thinking? Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:25:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en RDF conversion tools Tal4Rdf (or T4R) is a template language for presenting RDF data in other formats (XML, HTML):

http://liris.cnrs.fr/~pchampin/t4r/doc/

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I’m moving my website content to RDF and will use Drupal and the excellent SPARQL modules to populate the site. I’ve badly neglected my website and need to reflect my current work and…

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]]> http://riotsystems.com/rdf/bing-google-and-yahoo-settle-on-microdata/ RDF resources OK, going a little crazy here with SPARQL. This is a stream-of consciousness post so it grows daily as I run across more RDF resources.

Namespace lookup for RDF developers.
Schemaweb, a directory of RDF schemas expressed…

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http://www.cssjuice.com/25-rounded-corners-techniques-with-css/

http://www.alistapart.com/articles/customcorners/

http://www.html.it/articoli/nifty/index.html

http://www.redmelon.net/tstme/4corners/

http://www.roundedcornr.com/

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http://mezzoblue.com/icons/chalkwork/

http://www.html.it/articoli/nifty/index.html

http://www.famfamfam.com/lab/icons/

http://www.noupe.com/icons/40-new-high-quality-and-free-icon-sets.html

http://www.maxpower.ca/free-icons/2006/03/05/

http://www.dezinerfolio.com/2007/09/25/top-50-supercool-free-icon-sets/

http://www.professional-icons.com/library.aspx

http://iconfactory.com/home

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]]> http://riotsystems.com/fixing-things/microcreditinnovate-with-kivaorg/ Fletcher Reunion 2004 http://riotsystems.com/uncategorized/fletcher-reunion-2004/ Made in America, or: how soon they forget Does anyone remember “Made in America – Regaining the Productive Edge,” published in 1995 by Michael L. Dertouzos, Richard K. Lester, Robert M. Solow? My favorite part of the conclusion:

Understanding the root causes and agreeing in principal with a

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