Linked data browsers can learn a lot from File system browsers. These slides show razorbase's use of this tried and proven approach.

1. Razorbase Examples Part 4 (The File System Approach) By Sherman Monroe

5. Relationships in a File System File System Metaphor

11. Relationships in a File System directory File System Metaphor

12. Relationships in a File System … is Container of directory directory File System Metaphor

13. Relationships in a File System … is Container of directory directory directory … is Container of File System Metaphor

14. Relationships in a File System … is Container of file directory directory directory … is Container of … is Container of File System Metaphor

15. Relationships in a File System … is Container of file directory directory directory … is Container of … is Container of File System Metaphor has Container

16. Relationships in a File System … is Container of file directory directory directory … is Container of … is Container of File System Metaphor has Container has Container

17. Relationships in a File System … is Container of file directory directory directory … is Container of … is Container of File System Metaphor has Container has Container has Container

18. Relationships in a Linked Database File System Metaphor

24. Relationships in a Linked Database Person File System Metaphor

25. Relationships in a Linked Database … is Friend of Person Person File System Metaphor

26. Relationships in a Linked Database … is Friend of Web Page Person Person … is Creator of File System Metaphor

27. Relationships in a Linked Database … is Friend of Discussion Post Web Page Person Person … is Creator of … is Topic of File System Metaphor

28. Relationships in a Linked Database … is Friend of Discussion Post Web Page Person Person … is Creator of … is Topic of File System Metaphor has Topic

29. Relationships in a Linked Database … is Friend of Discussion Post Web Page Person Person … is Creator of … is Topic of File System Metaphor has Topic has Creator

30. Relationships in a Linked Database … is Friend of Discussion Post Web Page Person Person … is Creator of … is Topic of File System Metaphor has Topic has Creator has Friend

39. In a File System, this would look like …

47. This moves us in the direction of forward ….

48. … and down the Contains path

52. … is a Photo of kiwi

53. … is a Song about kiwi …

54. Let’s go up one directory

56. … but there is no way to say “Go to Songs” from here

62. Think of these as the specific relationships between the parent folder: kiwi , and its children

69. This moves us in the direction of forward

70. … and along this path type

73. Let’s keep moving forward from here …

77. Move forward …

78. … down this path

89. Isn’t this new?

93. Move backward …

94. … up this path

106. Next page of results

118. Let’s scroll page right

120. These paths are offered for convenience …

121. … based on the information we’ve viewed about the subject

122. Also, the subject is now filtered to only birds who have pictures in the database

123. … which indirectly filters everything else along the paths from this subject

134. Species should be generic enough as to not filter out our current results

136. Now let’s unbind the value to see all other Categories for each subject

140. So, although it shares the same species as the others birds here

144. … its not classified as umbel-sc:Bird in the linked database

147. Now go grow the Linked Data Web!