The BiSciCol triplifier, which is part of the [BiSciCol Project] (http://biscicol.blogspot.com) provides an easy way to convert structured biodiversity data into [RDF] (http://www.w3.org/RDF/) triples. RDF is one of the core technologies behind the Semantic Web (SW).

The Triplifier accepts data in a variety of common input formats and converts them into a full RDF representation using a consistent RDF vocabulary based mostly on [Darwin Core] (http://rs.tdwg.org/dwc/terms/index.htm) with RDFS classes and explicit relationships among the class instances. Because so much biodiversity data is expressed using the DwC data standard, and given the growing ubiquity of DwC-Archives (DwC-A's), The Triplifier can automatically produce RDF from DwC-A's. This automated process requires the user to have only minimal knowledge of SW technologies. The Triplifier is Free and Open Source software that can be used either as a graphical [Web-based application] (http://www.biscicol.org/triplifier/) or as a local command-line tool. For more details about the development, scope, and context of the Triplifier project, you may want to consult the [BiSciCol blog] (http://biscicol.blogspot.com/) to read about past and current efforts.

If you would like to learn more, we encourage you to try out the [Triplifier] (http://www.biscicol.org/triplifier/) with your own data. To get started, you'll want to check out the [Documentation] (https://github.com/biscicol/triplifier/wiki). If you are a software developer or really curious about how the Triplifier works under the hood, you can also browse the [javadoc] (http://triplifier.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/web/doc/index.html) for the triplifier source code].