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Linked Data Enhancement API

The Linked Data Enhancement API is a collection of tools used to finalize data that has been converted to Resource Description Framework (RDF) data according to LINCS ontological standards for ingestion into ResearchSpace.

Linked Data Enhancement API and LINCS​

At LINCS, the Linked Data Enhancement API can be used to:

Though some of the tools within the API may be useful for enhancing and validating data that do not adhere to LINCS ontologies, such data cannot be added to the LINCS knowledge graphs.

Users of the Linked Data Enhancement API will need to be familiar with using APIs. Users must be able to follow LINCS’s instructions to send a request to the API and run it locally. Requests can be sent by downloading the example file and the program Postman, or using LINCS’s Python notebook in either Jupyter notebooks or GoogleColab. For more instructions on running and using the API, see the GitLab wiki.

Prerequisites​

Users of the Linked Data Enhancement API:

The Linked Data Enhancement API supports the following inputs and outputs:

  • Input: RDF
  • Output: RDF (either JSON or TTL depending on the endpoint used)

Resources​

To learn more about the Linked Data Enhancement API, see the following resources:

Information about the team that developed the Linked Data Enhancement API is available on the Tool Credits page.