specification: FinOps Framework
specificationVersion: '1.0'
schema: https://www.finops.org/framework/
provider: DBpedia
providerId: dbpedia
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
reconciled: true
tags:
  - Linked Data
  - Knowledge Graph
  - SPARQL
  - Open Data
  - FinOps
  - FOCUS
description: >-
  FOCUS-aligned FinOps profile for DBpedia. All public DBpedia APIs are free community
  services with no monetary cost. Infrastructure cost for consumers arises only from
  self-hosted deployments (compute, storage, egress). The Databus enables dataset downloads
  to eliminate dependency on the public endpoints for production workloads.
notes: >-
  For organizations running self-hosted DBpedia/Virtuoso stacks, costs are primarily
  infrastructure (VM/container compute, SSD storage for RDF datasets, and egress for initial
  dataset download). A full DBpedia Virtuoso instance requires multi-hundred-GB storage.
sources:
  - https://www.dbpedia.org/resources/
  - https://databus.dbpedia.org/
  - https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
alignedWith:
  framework: FinOps Foundation Framework
  frameworkUrl: https://www.finops.org/framework/
  dataSpec: FOCUS
  dataSpecVersion: '1.3'
  dataSpecUrl: https://focus.finops.org/focus-specification/v1-3/
publisherName: DBpedia Association / InfAI
serviceCategory: Data and Analytics
billingModel:
  pricingCategory: Free / Open Source
  billingFrequency: None
  billingCurrency: N/A
  chargeCategories:
    - None (public service)
focusColumns:
  ServiceName: DBpedia APIs
  ServiceCategory: Data and Analytics
  ProviderName: DBpedia
  PublisherName: DBpedia Association
  InvoiceIssuerName: N/A
  BillingCurrency: N/A
  ChargeCategory: None
meters:
  - name: sparql_queries
    description: SPARQL queries executed against the public endpoint (no charge, fair-use monitored).
    unit: requests
    aggregation: count
    dimensions: [endpoint, ip]
  - name: lookup_requests
    description: Entity lookup and prefix search requests (no charge).
    unit: requests
    aggregation: count
    dimensions: [endpoint]
  - name: spotlight_annotations
    description: Text annotation requests to the Spotlight REST API (no charge).
    unit: requests
    aggregation: count
    dimensions: [endpoint, language]
  - name: dataset_download_bytes
    description: >-
      Bytes transferred when downloading DBpedia datasets from Databus
      (relevant for self-hosted deployments — egress cost from hosting provider).
    unit: bytes
    aggregation: sum
    dimensions: [dataset, version]
principles:
  - name: Visibility
    description: >-
      There is no usage dashboard for public DBpedia APIs. Track query volume at the
      application layer using local metrics/logging to understand load on the public endpoints.
  - name: Allocation
    description: >-
      For self-hosted deployments, allocate infrastructure costs (compute + storage)
      by workload or team using standard cloud tagging; there are no per-query charges.
  - name: Optimization
    description: >-
      Add LIMIT and OFFSET to all SPARQL queries to stay under the 10,000-row limit.
      Use the Databus to load a local Virtuoso instance for high-volume or latency-sensitive
      use cases rather than hitting the public endpoint.
  - name: Accountability
    description: >-
      Respect the fair-use policy. For production traffic, download datasets from Databus
      and operate a self-hosted instance. Monitor self-hosted infrastructure spend as you
      would any data workload.
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com