Appendix F. Installation Reference Guide

This appendix offers a quick reference to all the software components used in the book. The list is alphabetized so that you can find items quickly.

D2RQ: Conversion from Relational Database to Jena Model

D2RQ converts a relational database to a Jena model. This allows direct Jena access to the database (found at http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/D2RQ/spec/).

  1. Download the .zip file for the D2RQ API at http://sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?group_id=111002.

  2. Expand the .zip file in the desired directory.

  3. Add the .jar files to the Java classpath. (You can also run commands in Windows, as described in Chapter 8.)

Note

The complete Javadocs are found under /doc.

Eclipse Integrated Development Environment

Eclipse provides a full development environment for Java applications, including a code-aware editor, documentation reference, and debugger (found at http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/).

  1. Select Eclipse IDE for Java Developers for your given operating system: Windows, Mac OS X, or Linux.

  2. Expand the compressed file, a .zip file or .tar file, in the desired directory.

  3. Run eclipse.app in Mac, eclipse.exe in Windows, or eclipse in Linux. When you run Eclipse for the first time, you need to select the editor in the Welcome window.

  4. Select File

    Eclipse Integrated Development Environment

Java Classpath

All of the programming libraries used throughout the book are in the Java programming language. Your ...

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