The information workbench as a self-service platform for linked data applications
Peter N. Haase, Michael F. Schmidt, Andreas Schwarte · 2011
Abstract. Pursuing the goal to lower the entry barrier into the world of Linked Data, we present the Information Workbench as a platform to support self-service Linked Data application development. Targeting the full life-cycle of Linked Data applications, it offers support in discovery and exploration of Linked Data sources, facilitates the integration and processing of Linked Data following a Data-as-a-Service paradigm (where remote data sources can be virtually integrated through a federation layer), and eases self-service UI development based on Semantic Wiki technologies, combined with a large set of widgets for interacting with the data. Coming with all these features, the Information Workbench can be used to rapidly build industrial-strength Linked Data applications. 1