Linked data browsers can learn a lot from File Systems browsers. Here, we explore the use of the File system metaphor in razorbase.

1. Razorbase Examples Part 4 (The File System Approach) By Sherman Monroe

5. Relationships in a File System File System Metaphor

11. Relationships in a File System directory File System Metaphor

12. Relationships in a File System … is Container of directory directory File System Metaphor

13. Relationships in a File System … is Container of directory directory directory … is Container of File System Metaphor

14. Relationships in a File System … is Container of file directory directory directory … is Container of … is Container of File System Metaphor

15. Relationships in a Linked Database File System Metaphor

21. Relationships in a Linked Database Person File System Metaphor

22. Relationships in a Linked Database … is Friend of Person Person File System Metaphor

23. Relationships in a Linked Database … is Friend of Web Page Person Person … is Creator of File System Metaphor

24. Relationships in a Linked Database … is Friend of Discussion Post Web Page Person Person … is Creator of … is Topic of File System Metaphor

33. In a File System, this would look like …

41. This moves us in the direction of forward ….

42. … and along one type of path to Contents

49. Various kinds of paths from this subject

56. This moves us in the direction of forward

57. … and along this path type

60. Let’s keep moving forward from here …

64. Move forward …

65. … down this path

76. Isn’t this new?

80. Move backward …

81. … up this path

93. Next page of results

105. Let’s scroll page right

107. These paths are offered for convenience …

108. … based on the information we’ve viewed about the subject

109. Also, the subject is now filtered to only birds who have pictures in the database

110. … which indirectly filters everything else along the paths from this subject

121. Species should be generic enough as to not filter out our current results

123. Now let’s unbind the value to see all other Categories for each subject

127. So, although it shares the same species as the others birds here

131. … its not classified as umbel-sc:Bird in the linked database

134. Now go grow the Linked Data Web!