Turning keywords into URIs: simplified user interfaces for exploring linked data

Authors:
Atif Latif;Muhammad Tanvir Afzal;Patrick Hoefler;Anwar Us Saeed;Klaus Tochtermann
Affiliations:
Graz University of Technology, Austria;Graz University of Technology, Austria;Graz University of Technology, Austria;Graz University of Technology, Austria;Graz University of Technology, Austria
Venue:
Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Interaction Sciences: Information Technology, Culture and Human
Year:
2009

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Abstract

The Semantic Web strives to add structure and meaning to the Web, thereby providing better results and easier interfaces for its users. One important foundation of the Semantic Web is Linked Data, the concept of interconnected data, describing resources by use of RDF and URIs. Linked Data (LOD) provides the opportunity to explore and combine datasets on a global scale -- something which has never been possible before. However, at its current stage, the Linked Data cloud yields little benefit for end users who know nothing of ontologies, triples and SPARQL. This paper presents an intelligent technique for locating desired URIs from the huge repository of Linked Data. Search keywords provided by users are utilized intelligently for locating the intended URI. The proposed technique has been applied in a simplified end user interface for LOD. The system evaluation shows that the proposed technique has reduced user's cognitive load in finding relevant information.