Publication detail

Object Databases and the Semantic Web

GÜTTNER, J.

Original Title

Object Databases and the Semantic Web

Type

dissertation

Language

English

Original Abstract

This thesis presents the idea of using object-oriented database mechanisms within the Semantic Web,and provides the theoretical foundations that are necessary for this to happen.The thesis starts with an overview of object-oriented database standards, data models and formal paradigms, followed by an overview of the Semantic Web RDF/S framework, its model-theoretic semantics, current state of art and emerging applications. The idea of the Semantic Web as a worldwide loosely bound database is then explored by comparing the features of object-oriented data models and RDF/S graphs. After outlining their similarities and the advantages of applying several database concepts to the Semantic Web environment, a formal model of an object database on top of RDF/S is presented. This description is followed by several extensions to the core model (object graph navigation, mining objects from RDF/S and implementation notes) and suggestions of future research

Keywords

Object-Oriented Database, Semantic Web, Data Modeling, RDF, RDFS, CDL, ODMG, SODA

Authors

GÜTTNER, J.

Released

27. 10. 2004

Location

Brno

Pages count

85

URL

http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/research/pubs/theses/041027-Guttner-disertace.pdf

BibTex

@phdthesis{BUT66729,
  author="Jakub {Güttner}",
  title="Object Databases and the Semantic Web",
  address="Brno",
  pages="85",
  year="2004",
  url="http://www.fit.vutbr.cz/research/pubs/theses/041027-Guttner-disertace.pdf"
}