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Using the declarative Silk - Link Specification Language (Silk-LSL), developers can specify which types of RDF links should be discovered between data sources as well as which conditions data items must fulfill in order to be interlinked. These link conditions may combine various similarity metrics and can take the graph around a data item into account, which is addressed using an RDF path language. Silk accesses the data sources that should be interlinked via the SPARQL protocol and can thus be used against local as well as remote SPARQL endpoints. Link Specifications can be created using the Silk Workbench graphical user interface or manually in XML.
The linking process is based on the Silk Link Discovery Engine which offers the following features:
- Flexible, declarative language for specifying linkage rules
- Support of RDF link generation (owl:sameAs links as well as other types)
- Employment in distributed environments (by accessing local and remote SPARQL endpoints)
- Usable in situations where terms from different vocabularies are mixed and where no consistent RDFS or OWL schemata exist
- Scalability and high performance through efficient data handling (speedup factor of 20 compared to Silk 0.2):
- Reduction of network load by caching and reusing of SPARQL result sets
- Multi-threaded computation of the data item comparisons (3 million comparisons per minute on a Core2 Duo)
- Optional blocking of data items
While the main part of a integration workflow lies in the interlinking of data sources. Data sets coming fron different sources sometimes required the harmonization of the schemata and data formats prior to interlinking. For this purpose, Silk enables the user to create and execute lightweight transformation rules. Transformation rules may be used for:
- Data cleaning, e.g., removing unwanted values
- Mapping between different properties or adding new properties with generated values.
- Converting between different data formats. Data may read from sources such as RDF, CSV or XML. Typically the output is written to an RDF store which can be queried using SPARQL, but data can also be written as CSVs to be imported into relational databases or opened in Excel.
Silk Workbench offers the following features:
- It enables the user to manage different sets of data sources, linking tasks and transformation tasks.
- It offers a graphical editor which enables the user to easily create and edit linking tasks and transformation tasks.
- As finding a good linking heuristics is usually an iterative process, the Silk Workbench makes it possible for the user to quickly evaluate the links which are generated by the current link specification.
- It allows the user to create and edit a set of reference links used to evaluate the current link specification.
It sounds simple but im not able just to copy any link, for example links from a google search result, or any other possibile Link. I cant find anything on the Web about that simple task, it is really annoying, but browsing seems to be pretty new on the firestick if im correct. The only work arround so far seems to be by creating an bookmark in the browser and then copy the link by pressing shift and arrow keys, which is frustrating annoying. Even with a smartphone its much more easy.
This new satellite link will mean that staff and students at Kabul University and seven other educational institutes in Kabul will have affordable access to the Internet. The costs associated with using alternative commercial Internet providers has made this out of the question for the academic community until now.
The Russian team from Moscow State University which has installed all the remote ground stations for the Virtual Silk Highway, travelled to Kabul to establish this latest link, in a further demonstration of the multinational cooperative effort that the project has entailed. Further equipment and radio infrastructure are being installed in Kabul, to provide the technical capabilities for a total of eight institutes in the Kabul area to be connected to the Silk Highway network in the coming months. The President of Kabul University, Prof. Akbar Popal, is the coordinator in Afghanistan, in cooperation with Dr. Robert Janz of Groningen University, the Netherlands.
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At the same time, China is motivated to boost global economic links to its western regions, which historically have been neglected. Promoting economic development in the western province of Xinjiang, where separatist violence has been on the upswing, is a major priority, as is securing long-term energy supplies from Central Asia and the Middle East, especially via routes the U.S. military cannot disrupt.
The Silk Road evokes images of places and peoples linked by the exchange of exotic goods and fabled treasures. This limited notion of commerce, however, overshadows the fact that the Silk Road as a network of trade routes also spread religious ideas and beliefs.
The greatest success of Buddhism came with its spread to China, where it reinvigorated the existing philosophy, culture, and literature. It also reached Korea and Japan. Its encounter with Daoism and Confucianism helped establish deep roots among the peoples of East Asia. Here Buddhism became a religious and spiritual presence as well as the catalyst for greater links with Eurasia. Thus, during the first millennium of the Common Era, Buddhism was the strongest influence among the peoples of the Silk Road. Great Buddhist scholars always looked at the Silk Road as a connecting thread with what they regarded as the founding values of Buddhism. Among them was the pilgrim-monk, Xuanzang (595-664 C.E.), who undertook a challenging 16-year journey (629-45 C.E.) towards the West, crossing the Takla Makan and Gobi deserts, the high Pamir Mountains, and also visiting Buddhist monuments in Bukhara, Samarkand, and Herat. Xuanzang returned to China laden with 650 books on Buddhism and provided a colorful account of his journey and the history of Buddhism in the region. He contributed greatly to the survival and spread of Buddhism in East Asia.
The Silk Road defines an exchange of products, both material and intellectual, across Eurasia from China to the Mediterranean, traditionally from the 2nd century B.C.E. through the first twelve centuries of the Common Era. People who know something of the Silk Road think first of the transport of silk to Rome or the expansion of Buddhism from India to China, although certainly it is much more. But why silk, and why a road to describe this exchange? Silk provides the example of a mysterious luxury product for which people throughout the region were willing to pay high prices and even jeopardize lives. And the "road" refers to the exchange of those material products that traveled by land, although this literal meaning must be extended to include cultural and spiritual exchanges that would be part of a metaphorical Silk Road. Beyond these definitions the idea of the Silk Road is still available for new interpretations. And in the political environment prevailing in 2002, the idea was particularly evocative.
Existing examples of ancient silk, pottery, carpets, and glass all tell very specific stories of travel and exchange and remind us of the extent to which people across the region have been connected throughout history. What may be surprising to some, however, is how many such objects are still made today. The curatorial staff chose to feature ceramics, silk and cotton textiles, carpets, paper, and stone and metal products, including glass. Each was in a different compound - the Paper Garden, the Ceramics Courtyard, the Silk Grove, the Family Oasis, and the Jewel Garden - and told a story from a different period along the Silk Road, including, in some cases, a chapter from life in the United States. Paper, for example, was invented in China and remained a secret of the region for centuries; along with written language, writing materials were thought to possess magical qualities. Religious texts as well as commercial bills were written out and transported along a route that, through such communication, could more easily function. Each region added its own distinctive features of paper art including Turkish marbling and Italian watermarks. Similar elaborations have been made in the art of calligraphy, which, particularly in Islamic and Chinese cultures, has become highly refined and stylistically differentiated as to school and usage. Representatives of these schools still train new generations of artists along the Silk Road and in the United States.
The movement of religious traditions around the world has arguably been one of the most important forces throughout world history. Both Islam and Buddhism were introduced to millions of new adherents along the Silk Road, and these conversions continue to alter the face of our world. These religions, along with all of the above exchange goods, have also altered the face of the United States. Many Americans drink tea in fine china, buy "Oriental" carpets, and certainly wear garments of cotton, wool, and silk. They are likely familiar with Asian martial arts and may attend an Islamic mosque. The Silk Road has extended to the United States and, since the tragic events of September 11, 2001, understanding that connection clearly has become more important. The 2002 Festival offered its million visitors the opportunity to learn more about the roots of this vital connection and to celebrate the long-standing relationships that have existed between East and West and North and South. The Festival provided a rare opportunity to connect with other cultures as well as with one's own and in doing so, in a small way, to build trust between and within cultures of the global Silk Road.
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