Week 6: Feb. 11, 2022
APIs and Linked Data
You’ll learn about how data is made accessible via APIs and what people mean when they talk about “linked data.”
Read, view, and listen
- 2015-02-05. Dorothea Salo. MARC, Linked Data, and Human-Computer Asymmetry (7min)
- 2015-02-19. Matthew Hughes. What Is An API & What Are They Good For? (6 min)
- Current. White House. WhiteHouse api-standards
- 2012-06-16. Manu Sporny. What is Linked Data? (video, 12 minutes)
In-class activities
- Slides: Exemplary reflections
- Peardeck slides: Python review + APIs
- Colab notebook: Check your knowledge of Python and solutions
- Video: Linked open data (also see slides)