Enriching Linked Data with Semantics from Domain-Specific Diagrammatic Models

Enriching Linked Data with Semantics from Domain-Specific Diagrammatic Models

Abstract

One key driver of the Linked Data paradigm is the ability to lift data graphs from legacy systems by employing various adapters and RDFizers (e.g., D2RQ for relational databases, XLWrap for spreadsheets). Such approaches aim towards removing boundaries of enterprise data silos by opening them to cross-organizational linking within a “Web of Data”. An insufficiently tapped source of machine-readable semantics is the underlying graph nature of diagrammatic conceptual models – a kind of information that is richer compared to what is typically lifted from table schemata, especially when a domain-specific modeling language is employed. The paper advocates an approach to Linked Data enrichment based on a diagrammatic model RDFizer originally developed in the context of the ComVantage FP7 research project. A minimal but illustrative example is provided from which arguments will be generalized, leading to a proposed vision of “conceptual model”-aware information systems.

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Authors
  • Karagiannis, Dimitris
  • Buchmann, Robert Andrei
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Category
Journal Paper
Divisions
Knowledge Engineering
Subjects
Kuenstliche Intelligenz
Angewandte Informatik
Journal or Publication Title
Enriching Liked Data with Semantics from Domain-Specific Diagrammatic Models.
ISSN
2363-7005
Publisher
Karagiannis, Dimitris; Buchmann Robert Andrei;
Place of Publication
Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden
Number
5/2016
Volume
5/2016
Date
August 2016
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