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Explore (DataManager/DataPlatform)¤

This page describes how to configure the eccenca Explore component which is done in two parts:

  1. The Explore frontend (DataManager) is configured visually through the Workspace configuration module.
  2. The Explore backend (DataPlatform), all details are described on the respective sub-page

eccenca Explore frontend (DataManager) is a single-page JavaScript application, which means the application consists of a single HTML page which loads all needed web resources in the browser after loading the page itself.

In the context of Explore frontend (DataManager), these web resources are:

  • The application including its configuration (app*.js, config.js)
  • Styles (*.css)
  • Web fonts for typography as well as for icons (*.woff, *.ttf, *.eot)
  • Images (e.g. logos) (*.png, *.svg)

Explore frontend (DataManager) communicates with different API endpoints in order to retrieve and manipulate data.

The features of Explore frontend (DataManager) include:

  • Dataset Manager to create and update datasets and its meta data
  • Vocabulary Manager to install and remove Vocabulary descriptions
  • Data browser to explore and manage graph-based data
  • Taxonomy Editor to manage and create SKOS based taxonomies
  • Query editor to query graph-based data via SPARQL queries
  • Access control
  • Compliance of W3C standards such as RDF, Linked Data and SPARQL

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