Generating Transparent and Query-Based RDF Layers.

We present inkblot, a software tool that generates object-oriented API code to represent the data found in a semantic model in a way suitable for programmers not familiar with semantic technologies. The API interacts with an RDF triple store via a SPARQL endpoint, but hides this connection from the programmer. The approach generates adequately typed fields and methods, based on the types and cardinalities in the data. Unlike previous work, the generation is not driven by an OWL ontology or similar declarative description of the application domain, but by a SPARQL query that accesses the pertinent data.