# TAP: Towards a Web of Data
R.V.Guha IBM Research, Almaden guha @ us.ibm.com | Rob McCool KSL, Stanford University robm @ ksl.stanford.edu
## Appendix Here are the SOAP messages associated with the examples of GetData presented in the paper.
    Example: GetData(<Yo-Yo Ma>, birthplace) => <Paris>

    Request
        <a:GetData>
          <rdf:Resource rdf:about="http://tap.stanford.edu/data/MusicianMa,_Yo-Yo"/>
          <tap:birthplace/>
        </a:GetData>

    Response
        <a:Data>
          <tap:Musician rdf:ID="http://tap.stanford.edu/data/MusicianMa,_Yo-Yo">
            <tap:birthplace>
              <tap:City rdf:ID="http://tap.stanford.edu/data/CityParis,_France">
                <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">Paris</rdfs:label>
              </tap:City>
            </tap:birthplace>
          </tap:Musician>
        </a:Data>

    Example: GetData(<Paris>, temperature) => 57 F

    Request
        <a:GetData>
          <tap:City rdf:about=""http://tap.stanford.edu/data/">CityParis,_France"/>
          <tap:temperature/>
        </a:GetData>

    Response
        <a:Data>
          <tap:City rdf:about="http://tap.stanford.edu/data/CityParis,_France">
            <tap:temperature>57 F</tap:temperature>
          </tap:City>
        </a:Data>

    Example: GetData(<Paris>, locatedIn) => <France>
        <a:GetData>
          <tap:City rdf:resource="http://tap.stanford.edu/data/CityParis,_France"/>
          <tap:locatedIn/>
        </a:GetData>

    Response
        <a:Data>
          <tap:City rdf:ID="http://tap.stanford.edu/data/CityParis,_France">
            <tap:locatedIn>
              <tap:Country rdf:ID="http://tap.stanford.edu/data/CountryFrance">
                <tap:longFormName>French Republic</tap:longFormName>
                <tap:placeLetterCode>FR</tap:placeLetterCode>
                <rdfs:label xml:lang="en">France</rdfs:label>
                <tap:adjective>French</tap:adjective>
              </tap:Country>
            </tap:locatedIn>
          </tap:City>
        </a:Data>