Comments on: Making the Case for Raw Data http://groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/blog/2009/03/24/making-the-case-for-raw-data/ MIT CSAIL Research Tue, 24 Nov 2009 22:48:44 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Adam Marcus http://groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/blog/2009/03/24/making-the-case-for-raw-data/comment-page-1/#comment-725 Adam Marcus Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:16:53 +0000 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/blog/?p=273#comment-725 Jonathan, Thank you so much for your link. I am glad to have a reference to follow for the meme! -Adam Jonathan,

Thank you so much for your link. I am glad to have a reference to follow for the meme!

-Adam

]]> By: Jonathan Gray http://groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/blog/2009/03/24/making-the-case-for-raw-data/comment-page-1/#comment-672 Jonathan Gray Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:35:51 +0000 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/blog/?p=273#comment-672 You might also be interested to see Rufus Pollock’s original post on this on the Open Knowledge Foundation blog [1] - which Tim Berners-Lee cites as the origin of the “Raw Data Now” meme [2]. [1] http://blog.okfn.org/2007/11/07/give-us-the-data-raw-and-give-it-to-us-now/ [2] http://www.w3.org/2009/Talks/0204-ted-tbl/#(34) You might also be interested to see Rufus Pollock’s original post on this on the Open Knowledge Foundation blog [1] – which Tim Berners-Lee cites as the origin of the “Raw Data Now” meme [2].

[1] http://blog.okfn.org/2007/11/07/give-us-the-data-raw-and-give-it-to-us-now/

[2] http://www.w3.org/2009/Talks/0204-ted-tbl/#(34)

]]> By: Andy Mikhailenko http://groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/blog/2009/03/24/making-the-case-for-raw-data/comment-page-1/#comment-600 Andy Mikhailenko Sun, 28 Jun 2009 08:48:10 +0000 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/blog/?p=273#comment-600 Um, doesn't REST somewhat implement the file-like proxy to the database? It hides away arbitrary queries and returns plain data (in custom format) via HTTP. Um, doesn’t REST somewhat implement the file-like proxy to the database? It hides away arbitrary queries and returns plain data (in custom format) via HTTP.

]]> By: Michael Bernstein http://groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/blog/2009/03/24/making-the-case-for-raw-data/comment-page-1/#comment-529 Michael Bernstein Wed, 25 Mar 2009 04:29:46 +0000 http://groups.csail.mit.edu/haystack/blog/?p=273#comment-529 One thing not to ignore, though, is how much more usable APIs may be than raw data. One reason object-relational models are a good idea is that I can program in an object-oriented fashion even when reaching into a relational database. PHP is quick, but my SQL statements quickly get out of hand. One thing not to ignore, though, is how much more usable APIs may be than raw data. One reason object-relational models are a good idea is that I can program in an object-oriented fashion even when reaching into a relational database. PHP is quick, but my SQL statements quickly get out of hand.

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