Linked sensor data: RESTfully serving RDF and GML

Abstract

Publishing sensor observations on the Linked Data web is the first step in enabling the development of semantic web applications and mashups that can utilise sensor data. We present the design for a prototype API exposing data from the Channel Coastal Observatory in the UK. By combining REST and Linked Data principles we support both Semantic Web clients, OGC GML clients, and hybrid applications that can transpose between these, and other, representations.