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==The Nepomuk Server== | ==The Nepomuk Server== | ||
The Nepomuk Server is a KDED module which hosts the main Nepomuk data repository. The main repository is an RDF database using [http://soprano.sf.net Soprano] including a [http://api.kde.org/kdesupport-api/kdesupport-apidocs/soprano/html/namespaceSoprano_1_1Index.html Soprano full text index]. The interface of the repository is exported via DBus (The DBus interface is defined by [http://api.kde.org/kdesupport-api/kdesupport-apidocs/soprano/html/soprano_server_dbus.html Soprano]). When using the Soprano DBus interface from within a KDE application there is no need to bother with QDBus. Soprano provides the [http://api.kde.org/kdesupport-api/kdesupport-apidocs/soprano/html/classSoprano_1_1Client_1_1DBusModel.html Soprano::Client::DBusModel] class which wraps all DBus communication into a nice Soprano::Model interface. | The Nepomuk Server is a KDED module which hosts the main Nepomuk data repository. The main repository is an RDF database using [http://soprano.sf.net Soprano] including a [http://api.kde.org/kdesupport-api/kdesupport-apidocs/soprano/html/namespaceSoprano_1_1Index.html Soprano full text index]. The interface of the repository is exported via DBus (The DBus interface is defined by [http://api.kde.org/kdesupport-api/kdesupport-apidocs/soprano/html/soprano_server_dbus.html Soprano]). When using the Soprano DBus interface from within a KDE application there is no need to bother with QDBus. Soprano provides the [http://api.kde.org/kdesupport-api/kdesupport-apidocs/soprano/html/classSoprano_1_1Client_1_1DBusModel.html Soprano::Client::DBusModel] class which wraps all DBus communication into a nice [http://api.kde.org/kdesupport-api/kdesupport-apidocs/soprano/html/classSoprano_1_1Model.html Soprano::Model] interface. | ||
There are two ways to access this wrapper model: | There are two ways to access this wrapper model: | ||
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The Nepomuk Server
The Nepomuk Server is a KDED module which hosts the main Nepomuk data repository. The main repository is an RDF database using Soprano including a Soprano full text index. The interface of the repository is exported via DBus (The DBus interface is defined by Soprano). When using the Soprano DBus interface from within a KDE application there is no need to bother with QDBus. Soprano provides the Soprano::Client::DBusModel class which wraps all DBus communication into a nice Soprano::Model interface.
There are two ways to access this wrapper model:
1. Use Soprano::Client::DBusClient to create a connection to the Nepomuk Server:
Soprano::Client::DBusClient* client = new Soprano::Client::DBusClient( "org.kde.NepomukServer" );
Soprano::Model* model = client->createModel( "main" );
The Nepomuk Server registers as DBus service org.kde.NepomukServer and the name of the main data repository is main.
2. Use the Nepomuk library, i.e. ResourceManager to access the main model:
Soprano::Model* model = Nepomuk::ResourceManager::instance()->mainModel();
The advantage of the first version is that there is no need to link to libnepomuk.