Open OntoRefine in the Workbench¶

To transform your data into RDF, you need a working GraphDB database.

1. Start GraphDB in a workbench mode.

   graphdb
   

2. Open http://localhost:7200/ in a browser.

3. Go to Import -> Tabular (OntoRefine).

All data files in OntoRefine are organized as projects. One project can have more than one data file.

The Create Project action area consists of three tabs corresponding to the source of data. You can upload a file from your computer, specify the URL of a publicly accessible data, or paste data from the clipboard.

Create a project¶

1. Click Create Project -> Get data from.

2. Select one or more files to upload:

   • from your computer

     

   • from web addresses (URLs)

     

   • from clipboard

     

3. Click Next.

4. (Optional) Change the table configurations and update the preview.

   With the first opening of the file, OntoRefine tries to recognize the encoding of the text file and all delimiters.

   

5. Click Create Project.

   The result is table similar to that of an Excel or a Google sheet.

Import a project¶

To import an already existing OntoRefine project:

1. Go to Import Project.

2. Choose a file (.tar or .tar.gz)

3. Import it.

   

Open a project¶

Once the project is created

1. Go to Open Project.
2. Click the one you want to work on.
3. (Optional) Rename your project or delete it.

Rows¶

The rows and columns from the table are mapped with the help of the following URIs:

• urn:rowNNN - identifies a row, NNN is the 1-based row number;
• urn:Row - the RDF type for each row;
• urn:rowNumber - the property for row number, i.e. the same information as in urn:row_NNN_ but as an integer literal;
• urn:col:MMM - properties for each named column, MMM is the name of the column;
• urn:colNNN - properties for each named or unnamed column, NNN is the 1-based column number.

Example¶

Refine table¶

RDF data¶

# A basic SELECT that illustrates how to select the raw RDF by column names.
select * {
  ?presidentRow a <urn:Row> ;
        <urn:col:President> ?president ;
        <urn:col:Presidency> ?presidency ;
        <urn:col:Took_office> ?tookOffice ;
        <urn:col:Left_office> ?leftOffice ;
        <urn:col:Party> ?party ;
        <urn:col:Home_State> ?state .
}

Records¶

If there are records, the following URIs will be used in addition to the row ones:

• urn:recordNNN - identifies a record, NNN is the 1-based record number;
• urn:Record - the RDF type for each record;
• urn:recordNumber - the property for record number, i.e. the same information as in urn:record_NNN_ but as an integer literal;
• urn:recordId - the property for record id (the value from the first column that creates an OpenRefine record);
• urn:hasRow - the property that links records to rows.

Example¶

Refine table¶

RDF data¶

SELECT ?s ?p ?o
WHERE {
      ?s ?p ?o .
} LIMIT 50

Using CONSTRUCT query in the OntoRefine SPARQL endpoint¶

GraphDB 8.O supports SPIN functions:

• SPARQL functions for splitting a string
• SPARQL functions for parsing dates
• SPARQL functions for encoding URIs

Parsing dates and encoding URIs¶

prefix spif: <http://spinrdf.org/spif#>
prefix pres: <http://example.com/president/>
# A CONSTRUCT query that maps the raw RDF data from OntoRefine to user-specified
# RDF data (different IRIs, types, property names and dates as date-typed literals)
construct {
    ?presidentIRI a pres:President ;
        pres:tookOffice ?tookOfficeParsed ;
        pres:leftOffice ?leftOfficeParsed ;
        pres:nominatedBy ?party ;
        pres:homeState ?stateIRI
} where {
    ?presidentRow a <urn:Row> ;
        <urn:col:President> ?president ;
        <urn:col:Presidency> ?presidency ;
        <urn:col:Took_office> ?tookOffice ;
        <urn:col:Left_office> ?leftOffice ;
        <urn:col:Party> ?party ;
        <urn:col:Home_State> ?state .
    # Uses SPIN function to parse the dates
    bind(spif:parseDate(?tookOffice, "dd/MM/yyyy") as ?tookOfficeParsed)
    bind(spif:parseDate(?leftOffice, "dd/MM/yyyy") as ?leftOfficeParsed)
    # Uses several functions to construct IRIs for the presidents and their states
    bind(iri(concat("http://example.com/", spif:encodeURL(?president))) as ?presidentIRI)
    bind(iri(concat("http://example.com/", spif:encodeURL(?state))) as ?stateIRI)
}

Splitting content in a cell¶

PREFIX spif: <http://spinrdf.org/spif#>
select ?m ?genres
where {
 ?m a <urn:Row> ;
     <urn:col:genres> ?genres .
}

PREFIX spif: <http://spinrdf.org/spif#>
construct {
  ?m a <urn:Movie> ;
    <urn:hasGenre> ?genre
} where {
  ?m a <urn:Row> ;
     <urn:col:genres> ?genres .
  ?genre spif:split (?genres "\\|")
}

Using CONSTRUCT query in the GraphDB SPARQL endpoint¶

The same queries can be executed in the GraphDB SPARQL endpoint. It is almost the same as executing the query in the OntoRefine SPARQL editor but you have to use SERVICE to connect to OntoRefine’s SPARQL endpoint.

1. Click the link in the OntoRefine window to get the actual endpoint for your project.

   

2. Go to GraphDB SPARQL menu.

3. Execute the query.

   prefix spif: <http://spinrdf.org/spif#>
   prefix pres: <http://example.com/president/>
   # A CONSTRUCT query that maps the raw RDF data from OntoRefine to user-specified
   # RDF data (different IRIs, types, property names and dates as date-typed literals)
   construct {
      ?presidentIRI a pres:President ;
          pres:tookOffice ?tookOfficeParsed ;
          pres:leftOffice ?leftOfficeParsed ;
          pres:nominatedBy ?party ;
          pres:homeState ?stateIRI
    } where {
        # Uses SERVICE to fetch the raw RDF data from OntoRefine
        service <http://localhost:7200/rdf-bridge/1502952420990> {
            ?presidentRow a <urn:Row> ;
                <urn:col:President> ?president ;
                <urn:col:Presidency> ?presidency ;
                <urn:col:Took_office> ?tookOffice ;
                <urn:col:Left_office> ?leftOffice ;
                <urn:col:Party> ?party ;
                <urn:col:Home_State> ?state .
        }
        # Uses SPIN function to parse the dates
        bind(spif:parseDate(?tookOffice, "dd/MM/yyyy") as ?tookOfficeParsed)
        bind(spif:parseDate(?leftOffice, "dd/MM/yyyy") as ?leftOfficeParsed)
        # Uses several functions to construct IRIs for the presidents and their states
        bind(iri(concat("http://example.com/", spif:encodeURL(?president))) as ?presidentIRI)
        bind(iri(concat("http://example.com/", spif:encodeURL(?state))) as ?stateIRI)
     }
   

4. The result will be: