%META:TOPICPARENT{name="VirtSponger"}% ---+ OpenLink-supplied Virtuoso Sponger Cartridges There are a few kinds of Cartridge, and many of each kind are included in a standard Virtuoso installation. %TOC% ---++ Extractor Cartridges An Extractor Cartridge processes a Resource of a given format, extracting RDF according to rules appropriate to that format. External data does not come into play; only the content of the Resource fed to the Sponger. ---+++ Supported Standard Non-RDF Data Formats These Cartridges handle open formats — typically community-developed, openly-documented, and freely-licensed data structures. * [[VirtSpongerCartridgeSupportedDataSourcesNonRDF][Complete list of supported Standard Non-RDF Data Formats]] ---+++ Supported Vendor-specific Non-RDF Data Formats These Cartridges handle closed formats — typically proprietary; sometimes undocumented; possibly licensed to no-one except the format originator. Sometimes data may not be parsed as desired or expected, as many of these Cartridges have required reverse-engineering of the data format in question. * [[VirtSpongerCartridgeSupportedDataSourcesVendorNonRDF][Complete list of supported Vendor-specific Non-RDF Data Formats]] ---++ Meta Cartridges A Meta Cartridge submits a Resource to a third-party Web Service for processing. Returned RDF supplements the RDF generated by Extractor and other Meta Cartridges. Locally generated RDF may also be submitted to the third-party services, instead-of or in-addition-to the original Resource itself. Default Sponger behavior is for all installed Meta Cartridges to be brought to bear on all submitted Resources. * [[VirtSpongerCartridgeSupportedDataSourcesMeta][Complete list of supported Meta Cartridges]] * [[VirtSpongerCartridgeSupportedDataSourcesMetaREST][Meta Cartridge Usage via REST Request]] * [[VirtSpongerCartridgeSupportedDataSourcesMetaRESTExamples][Parametrized Examples of Meta Cartridge Usage via REST Request]] ---++Sponger Cartridge based Dynamic Linked Data Cloud Click the image for a full-size, clickable version! [[ClickableVirtSpongerCloud][Sponger Cloud PNG]] ---++Related * [[VirtSponger][Virtuoso Sponger]] * [[http://ode.openlinksw.com/][The OpenLink Data Explorer Extension]] * [[http://delicious.com/kidehen/goodrelations][Meshups (links and lookups across Web 2.0 Services and LOD Cloud]] CategoryVirtuoso CategoryRDF CategorySPARQL