Layered RDF: An object-oriented approach to web information representation

Authors:
Torunn Vølstad;Fei Liu;Sheng-Uei Guan
Affiliations:
Department of Computer Science & Computer Engineering, La Trobe University, VIC 3086, Australia;(Correspd. f.liu@latrobe.edu.au) Department of Computer Science & Computer Engineering, La Trobe University, VIC 3086, Australia;Department of Computer Science, Xian Jiatong-Liverpool University, Suzhou, China
Venue:
Web Intelligence and Agent Systems
Year:
2009

Citing 6
Cited 0

The Semantic Web: The Roles of XML and RDF

IEEE Internet Computing
The Semantic Web And Its Languages

IEEE Intelligent Systems
Agents handling annotation distribution in a corporate semantic web

Web Intelligence and Agent Systems
An Object-Oriented Approach on Web Information Representation and Derivation

EEE '04 Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on e-Technology, e-Commerce and e-Service (EEE'04)
Complex semantic web ontology mapping

Web Intelligence and Agent Systems
Semantic based collaborative P2P in ubiquitous computing

Web Intelligence and Agent Systems

Quantified Score

Hi-index	0.00

Visualization

Abstract

Based on XML, RDF(S) has been recommended as the basic layer of the Semantic Web, providing a foundation for the higher layers of ontology, logic and trust. Although RDF(S) enables specification and identification of data and relationships between data, it has some limitations as a foundational language of the Semantic Web. Firstly, the unconstrained framework of the RDF Schema makes it hard to share information from different sources. Furthermore, RDF(S) has limited expres-siveness as a vocabulary description language, which is partly due to insufficient object-oriented features. Finally, the unclear semantics of RDF(S), caused by language constructs with dual roles, impede any approach to provide reasoning support for the language. To overcome some of the limitations, this paper presents Layered RDF, a web information representation language based on RDF(S). Layered RDF distinguishes schema information from instance information by having separated layers. Furthermore, Layered RDF provides more powerful schema mechanisms than does RDF Schema, by incorporating object-oriented features such as inheritance and polymorphism.