Recently minted database technologies that I find intriguing
The website didn&#x27;t load for me. So here it is: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20200615193041&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lucperkins.dev&#x2F;blog&#x2F;new-db-tech-1&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;web.archive.org&#x2F;web&#x2F;20200615193041&#x2F;https:&#x2F;&#x2F;lucperkin...</a><p>Also, I&#x27;d like to add one database to the list (I work there for 3 weeks now): TriplyDB [0]. It is making linked data easier.<p>Linked data is useful for when people of different organizations want a shared schema.<p>In many commercial applications one wouldn&#x27;t want this, as data is the valuable part of a company. However, scientific communities, certain government agencies and other organizations -- that I don&#x27;t yet know about -- do want this.<p>I think the coolest application of linked data is how the bio-informatics&#x2F;biology community utilizes it [1, 2]. The reason I found out at all is because one person at Triply works to see if a similar thing can be achieved with psychology. It might make conducting meta-studies a bit easier.<p>I read the HN discussions on linked data and agree with both the nay sayers (it&#x27;s awkward and too idealistic [4]) and the yay sayers (it&#x27;s awesome). The thing is:<p>1. Linked data open, open as in open source, the URI [3] is baked into its design.<p>2. While the &#x27;API&#x27;&#x2F;triple&#x2F;RDF format can be awkward, <i>anyone</i> can quite easily understand it. The cool thing is: this includes non-programmers.<p>3. It&#x27;s geared towards collaboration. In fact, when reading between the lines, I&#x27;d argue it&#x27;s really good for collaboration between a big heterogeneous group of people.<p>Disclaimer: this is my own opinion, Triply does not know I&#x27;m posting this and I don&#x27;t care ;-) I simply think it&#x27;s an interesting way of thinking about data.<p>[0] triply.cc<p>[1] A friend of mine once modeled some biochemistry part of C. Elegans from linked data into petrinets: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.researchgate.net&#x2F;publication&#x2F;263520722_Building_Executable_Biological_Pathway_Models_Automatically_from_BioPAX" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.researchgate.net&#x2F;publication&#x2F;263520722_Building_...</a><p>[2] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=linked+data+and+biology&amp;ie=UTF-8&amp;oe=UTF-8" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.google.com&#x2F;search?client=safari&amp;rls=en&amp;q=linked+...</a> -- I quickly vetted this search<p>[3] I still don&#x27;t know the difference between a URI and URL.<p>[4] I think back in the day, linked data idealists would say that all data should be linked to interconnect all the knowledge. I&#x27;m more pragmatic and simply wonder: in which socio-technological context is linked data simply more useful than other formats? My current very tentative answer is those 3 points.