We ran a training workshop at the Talis offices last week with a small group of developers looking at using the Talis Platform for a community information project with which we’re involved. I thought it would be useful to share the slides from the session I ran.

The session was intended to provide a walk through of the main concepts, technologies and features of the Platform. The goal being to fill a gap between previous “What is the Talis Platform” presentations we’ve given in the past, and the detailed API documentation.

The slides can be found up on slideshare.

By rob

There is a consistent set of examples used throughout the presentation. These draw on some data I’ve been compiling about spaceflights. You can find the Platform store here, including the SPARQL endpoint (for testing the example queries), or look at some of the below URLs:

• Describe the Apollo 11 Command Module
• Describe the Apollo 11 Launch
• Describe Cape Canaveral
• Search for “lunar*”
• A facetted version of the above, grouped by “agency” (country of origin)

The data and schema is very much a work in progress and is likely to change. However there’s sufficient data there if you want to follow on with the presentation and explore some of the Platform features.

I plan to keep the presentation up to date with the data as it evolves and also hope to use the Slideshare “slidecast” features to add a voiceover to add in the missing context.