exploiting linked (open) data via microsoft access using odbc file dsns

© 2012 OpenLink Software, All rights reserved.

Using Microsoft Access

as a Linked (Open) Data clientvia

Virtuoso’s ODBC Driver

By Kingsley Idehen (@kidehen)

Founder & CEO, OpenLink Software

http://kidehen.idehen.net/dataspace/person/kidehen#this

http://www.openlinksw.com/dataspace/organization/openlink#this


Situation Analysis

Agility is the timeless pursuit of enterprises and individuals alike. In all cases, access, integration,

and dissemination of data is pivotal.

Linked Open Data (LOD) Cloud


Situation Analysis


Data is growing exponentially along the

following dimensions:

•Volume -- production

•Velocity – dissemination fire-hoses

•Variety – APIs and underlying data Models

•Virtuosity – insight discovery expectations.

All of this happens while the total hours in day

remains constant at 24 hours!

Product Value Proposition


Enterprise and Individual Agility

via Data Virtualization, without

compromising performance,

scalability, security, or

investments in existing

infrastructure!

Product Architecture


A high-performance, scalable,

secure, and operating-system-

independent server designed

to handle contemporary

challenges associated with

data access, data integration,

and data management.

Data Virtualization Middleware


An in-built middleware layer

(“Sponger”) for creating

Linked Data Views over

Heterogeneous Data

Sources.

Pluggable Linked Data Cartridges/Drivers


A collection of prefabricated

and customizable Data

Extraction, Transformation,

and Lookup cartridges

(drivers) covering a vast

ranges of data formats and

data access protocols.

Sophisticated Content Crawler


DBMS hosted Content

Crawler that leverages

loosely coupled binding to

the Sponger Middleware

component for

transformation of

unstructured and semi-

structured data into Linked

Data.

How Do I Get Going?

Download, install, and experience the power of coherent integration of disparate data sources, data access protocols, and data representation formats.

In an nutshell, commence exploitation of powerful business intelligence, socially enhanced collaboration, data virtualization, and entity analytics without writing a line of code!

Turn "Big Data" into exploitable "Smart Data" without compromise!


http://download.openlinksw.com/virtwiz/

http://support.openlinksw.com/supportweb/InstallationGuides%23Virtuoso

http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/middleware/

http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/rdbms-engine/

http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/linked-data/

http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/howto/

How Does Virtuoso Expose LOD Cloud Data To ODBC Clients?

Creation of ODBC accessible SQL Views using SPASQL (SPARQL inside SQL) that targets local data

Ditto via SPARQL-FED (Federated SPARQL) for external SPARQL endpoints.

Example instances include:

DBpedia (Linked Data version of Wikipedia content and LOD Cloud nexus)

URIBurner Service for “on the fly” transformation of data from: LinkedIn, Facebook,

Twitter, Google+, Freebase, Disqus etc.

Live Linked Open Data LOD Cloud Cache.


http://dbpedia.org/About

http://uriburner.com/

http://lod.openlinksw.com/fct

Virtuoso ODBC Driver Installation &

Configuration


Install Virtuoso ODBC Driver


Installer

Wizard

Screen

#1



Installer

Wizard

Screen

#2



Installer

Wizard

Screen

#3



Installer

Wizard

Screen

#4



Installer

Wizard

Screen

#5



Installer

Wizard

Screen

#6

Done!

Using Microsoft Access


Open Up

Microsoft

Access

Attaching External Tables via ODBC


Start External

Table

Attachment

Wizard



Table Attachment

Wizard will

automatically use the

ODBC Administrator

to Lookup Existing

Data Source Names

(DSNs)



There isn’t an existing

Virtuoso ODBC Data

Source Name in place,

so we click on the

“New” button to add a

DSN.

Configuring a Machine (System or User) ODBC Data Source Name - 1


Adding a New

ODBC DSN

automatically

invokes the

Virtuoso ODBC

Driver Setup &

Configuration

Wizard

Configuring a Machine (System or User) ODBC Data Source Name - 2


Virtuoso

ODBC

DSN

Configurati

on Wizard

Dialog #1

Connecting to Configured ODBC DSN - 1


Database

Authentication

Connecting to Configured ODBC DSN - 2


Selecting an actual

Virtuoso Server

hosted Database

Attaching External Tables via Machine Scoped ODBC Data Source Name


New Data Source

Name (DSN)

Successfully

Created!

Alternatively, You Can Attach to a Pre-configured File Scoped ODBC Data

Source Name


Attaching External Tables via Network File Scoped ODBC Data Source Name


New Data Source

Name (DSN)

Successfully

Created!

Attaching External Tables


Wizard now

makes actual

connection to

Virtuoso based

ODBC DSN

Attaching External Tables


Wizard Selects a

Virtuoso Instance

Database



List of Available

Tables Presented

The Views were created from SPARQL queries

executed using Virtuoso’s SQL Query Processor.



Wizard

presents

option to

identify ‘key’

column(s)

that uniquely

identify

records.

Using Access to Query Attached Tables


Sample

query

against

attached

table.

Direct External Data Source Query


Direct Query

against an ODBC

accessible Table

using a “Pass-

Through” query

This Query is against the SPARQL Web Service at:

http://health.data.gov/sparql

http://health.data.gov/sparql



Query

Results



Direct Query

against an ODBC

accessible Table

using a “Pass-

Through” query


http://gov.tso.co.uk/legislation/sparql

http://gov.tso.co.uk/legislation/sparql



Query

Results



Direct Query

against an

ODBC

accessible

Table using a

“Pass-

Through” query This Query is against the SPARQL Web Service at:

http://data.nature.com/sparql

http://data.nature.com/sparql



Query

Results



Pass-

Through

Query


http://sparql.reegle.info

http://sparql.reegle.info/

Benefits?


Progressive Intelligence Accumulation via Links!

StructuredData

Structured Data

StructuredData

StructuredData

End Game?


Our Agility !!

Your Agility++ Their Agility++ My Agility++

OpenLink Company Overview OpenLink Software is a privately-held company founded in 1992 by its President &

CEO, Kingsley Idehen. The company is an industry acclaimed technology innovator in the following areas:

ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE-DB compliant Data Access Drivers for Oracle, SQL Server, Informix, Ingres, Sybase, Progress, MySQL, and PostgreSQL

High-Performance & Scalable Multi-Model (Relational & Graph) Database Technology

Data Integration Middleware (Data Virtualization Technology across a wide variety of Protocols & Formats)

Linked Data Deployment & Management

Web Application Server Technology

Socially-enhanced Distributed Collaborative Applications Platforms (Weblogs, Wikis, Feed Aggregation and Syndication, Web File Systems, Discussion Forums, etc.)

Identity Management.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OpenLink_Software

Products & ServicesSoftware Products

• OpenLink Universal Data Access Drivers (UDA) - High-performance data access drivers for ODBC, JDBC, ADO.NET, and OLE DB that provide transparent access to enterprise databases.

• OpenLink Virtuoso - available in single server and cluster editions that are deployed in cloud and/or enterprise modes.

• OpenLink Data Spaces Platform and Applications

• OpenLink Ajax Toolkit

• OpenLink Data Explorer

• An Open Source Data Access SDK for ODBC

All OpenLink products are delivered by download from the Internet (http, ftp, etc.). Temporary licenses are issued upon download and may be extended as needed, on a case-by-case basis. Permanent licenses are issued once payment is received.


http://uda.openlinksw.com/

http://virtuoso.openlinksw.com/

http://ods.openlinksw.com/

http://oat.openlinksw.com/

http://ode.openlinksw.com/

http://iodbc.org/

Products & ServicesProfessional and Support Services

• OpenLink Product Support provides front-line email and phone support,web-based online support, and a variety of premium services such as phone, emergency, and onsite support.

• Our Support staff is comprised of individuals with extensive knowledge of data access, data migration, database administration, programming APIs, and other relevant skills.

• Services are sold in either Standard "Bronze" or Premium "Platinum" Support packages, with varying hours of availability, response times, etc.

• We also offer Custom Development, Training, and other Consultancy services. These services can be offered on- or off-site. Expenses for travel, accommodations, food, etc., associated with on-site services are charged separately.

Rates start at US$250 per person per hour.


Office Locations

USA

OpenLink Software, Inc 10 Burlington Mall Road Suite 265 Burlington, MA 01803 Tel.: +1 781 273 0900 Fax: +1 781 229 8030


UK

OpenLink Software Ltd. Airport House Purley Way Croydon, Surrey CR0 0XZ Tel.: +44 (0)20 8681 7701 Fax: +44 (0)20 8681 7702

Additional Information

OpenLink Software: OpenLink Software OpenLink Virtuoso Universal Data Access Drivers

Social Media Data spaces http://www.openlinksw.com/blog/~kidehen/ (weblog) https://plus.google.com/112399767740508618350/

posts (Google+) https://twitter.com/#!/kidehen (Twitter) Hashtag: #LinkedData (Anywhere) .


exploiting linked (open) data via microsoft access using odbc file dsns

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