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Part I
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Resource and AAAIn the Semantic Web, anything is a ‘resource’ if
anything can be said about it by anyone for any purpose
The AAA slogan applies to the Semantic Web: “Anyone can say Anything about Any topic”
A resource is anything with identity (URI), and could be physical (rock, river, fault) or digital (image, document, webpage, or a collection of these)
Hence, Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a language that describes resources (e.g., web pages or entire web site), and data, metadata, and other languages (RDFS, OWL)
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URI and URIrefResources are identified on the Web by the URI
(Uniform Resource Identifier),
URI is a character string that identifies an abstract or physical resource on the Web
URI references are used to name all kinds of things in RDF
Unlike URL, URI does not have to have a network location!In RDF, URIrefs are used only to identify things
(they cannot be retrieved on the Web) However, Linked Data uses http to retrieve data
Browsers use URIrefs to retrieve things
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URIrefURIref (URI reference) is a URI with an optional
fragment identifier at the end, that identifies:
An individual http://www.gsu.edu/people/contact#me
A type (class)http://www.gsu.edu/GEOS/structure#Fault
A propertyhttp://www.gsu.edu/GEOS/Structure/Fault#attitude
A property valuehttp://www.gsu.edu/GEOS/Structure/Fault/attitude/030,45SE
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Absolute and relative URIrefAbsolute URIref identifies a resource independently of the
context in which the URIref appears, for example:http://www.gsu.edu/~geohab/index.htm
The absolute URIref for the rdf:description Qname is:http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax ns#description
Relative URIref is a shorthand form of the absolute URIref in which the prefix is missing. Therefore it requires information from the context to fill in the omitted prefix.
For example, the relative URIref geol4123_6123.htm when it appears in the resource
http://www.gsu.edu/~geohab/Babaie/pages/Geol4123_6123, would be filled out to the following absolute URIref:
http://www.gsu.edu/~geohab/Babaie/pages/Geol4123_6123/geol4123_6123.htm
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Qualified names (Qname)A namespace, or vocabulary, is a collection of
names, identified by URIrefs. For example, the namespace for rdf is:http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#
These names may be qualified names (Qnames), which are identifiers of the ‘prefix:name’ form, given by a namespace prefix (e.g., rdf, rdfs), followed by a colon (:), followed by a local part (e.g., type, description)
For example
rdf:type, rdf:description
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Resource Description FrameworkRDF is an ontology language for the
representation of information and metadata about resources and objects on the Web
RDF is a namespace or vocabulary, with the rdf prefix
RDF has three notations: RDF triplesRDF graphRDF/XML
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RDF triple statementAn RDF statement is a triple (S, P, O), where:
S is a URIref, called subject; it may not be a literalP is a URIref, called property (predicate); may
not be a literalO is either a URIref or a literal value, called an
object
A subject resource, S, may have a property P with value from O (a class), or a P property with value O (a literal)
Depending on whether the object is a class or a literal, the rdf statements can be of either of the following two forms: <S> <P> <O> or <S> <P> “O”
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RDF is a vocabularyA vocabulary, made of RDF statements, is a
set of unique URIrefs, which can be specified by either:
qualified names (e.g., rdf : type, rdf : about, rdf : resource, dc : title, dc : creater, dc : date), which are used as properties of the rdf statements NOTE: dc is the prefix for the Dublin Core vocabulary
that describes document metadata, and is reused in many ontologies
fragment identifiers, which are used to denote
subjects or objects of the rdf statements, e.g., <http:/www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals#mica>
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RDF graphRDF triples can be denoted with nodes,
representing subjects and objects, and directed arcs or edges (from S to O), representing predicates (properties)
A node may be identified by a URIref or it can be a litteral or blank node
An arc is identified by a URIrefOnly absolute URIrefs are used as labels of the nodes
and arcsURIrefs are shown with ellipsesLiterals are shown with boxesProperties are labeled with character strings
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RDF graph - examplehttp://www.gsu.edu/~geohab/Babaie/index.html has
creation date of September 1, 2000 and is written in English
http://www.gsu.edu/~geohab/Babaie/index.html
Hassan Babaie
enSeptember 1, 2000
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/language
http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/creater
http://www.example.org/terms/creation-date
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http://www.gsu.edu/Geosciences/contact#Faculty
http://www.gsu.edu/Geosciences/contact#me
http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type
http://www.gsu.edu/Geosciences/contact#fullName
http://www.gsu.edu/Geosciences/contact#email
http://www.gsu.edu/Geosciences/contact#title
Hassan Babaie
Associate Professor
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Porosity
HydraulicPropertyAquifer
test
HydraulicConductivity
Hydrogeologist
has
ConfinedAquifer UnconfinedAquifer
A Graph represents multiple statements
S
O
P
S OP
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latitude
42.834
Location
Sample
longitude
takes
110.2345
Geochemist
hasLocationAffiliation
has
has
Image
A Graph represents multiple statements
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Examples of SPOMinerals: mica Minerals: identified-by Geologist:G1234
<http:/www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals#mica>
<http://www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals#identified-by>
<http://www.Mineralogy.org/Geologist#G1234>
Minerals:mica Minerals:cleavage “one direction”
<http:/www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals#mica>
<http://www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals#cleavage>
“One direction”
Minerals:Habit Minerals:habit “flaky”
<http:/www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals#Habit>
<http://www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals#habit
“flaky”
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http://www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals#identified-by
RDF graph for the example
http://www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals#mica
http://www.Mineralogy.org/Geologist#G1234
“one direction” “Flaky”
http://www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals#cleavage
http://www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals#habit
Minerals: mica Minerals: identified-by Geologist:G1234
Minerals:mica Minerals:cleavage “one direction” Minerals:Habit Minerals:habit “flaky”
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RDF/XML notation of the example<?xml version=“1.0” encoding=“utf-8”?>
<rdf : RDF
xml : base = “http://www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals”
xmlns : rdf = “http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#”
xmlns : dc = “http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1”
xmlns : min = “http://www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals”> <! - - assume name space exists - - >
<rdf : Description>
<rdf : about =“#mica”> <! - - This is the subject, S -->
<min : identified-by> < ! - - Predicate, P - - >
<rdf : resource=“#G1234”> < ! - - This is the object, O - - >
</rdf : Description>
<rdf : Description>
<rdf : about =“#mica”> <! - - This is the subject, S -->
<min : cleavage> one-direction </min:cleavage> <! - - cleavage is P; “one direction” is O-->
</rdf : Description>
<rdf : Description>
<rdf : about =“#mica”> <! - - This is the subject, S -->
<min : habit>flaky </min : habit> <! - - habit is P; “flaky” is O -->
</rdf : Description>
</rdf : RDF>
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Notes for the previous codeQualified names (e.g., dc : date, min : cleavage) are used to
abbreviate the URIrefs
rdf statement is nested in the rdf : Description qualified nameThe rdf : about specifies the subject of each rdf statementThe rdf : resource specifies the object of the rdf statement
Because the xml : base URIref: (http://www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals) is defined, the absolute URIref is given by the concatenation of the local URIref (fragment identifier), i.e., the base URIref and #mica
The prefix namespace for the Mineralogy vocabulary (i.e., min) is given by the xmlns : min = “http://www.Mineralogy.org/Minerals”
The prefix for the Dublin Core namespace is given by 'dc‘ whose URIref is given at the top of the code
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RDF Ordered List using N3 syntaxAn ordered list of the periods in the Mesozoic era can
be given in the Notation 3 (N3) format as SPO:
time : Mesozoic time : dividedInto (time : Triassic time : Jurassic time : Cretaceous).
Note: N3 (notation 3) is an RDF serialization format which uses qname (qualified name)
N3 first requires defining local qnames by binding a prefix to the global URI
For example, binding the ‘strat’ and ‘time’ prefixes to the Stratigraphy and Time ontologies is done as follows:
@prefix strat : <http://www.geoinformatics/ontologies/Stratigraphy.rdf#>@prefix time : <http://www.geoinformatics/ontologies/Time.rdf#>
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Using Prefixes
Now we can use the prefixes to define an RDF triple
For example: we can say that Triassic precedes Jurassic (notice the period at the end of the N3 statement):
time : Triassic time : precedes time: Jurassic.
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One subject with n properties and objectsWe can even make a list of predicates and objects
for a single subject in one N3 statement. These are separated with a semicolon
We can list the data for the Asmari Formation as follows (note: Asmari is the subject):
strat : Asmari rdf : type strat : Formation;
strat : FormationThickness “200 m”;strat : FormationLithology “limestone”;strat : FormationAge “Oligo-Miocene”;strat : FormationFacies “Shallow Marine”;strat : FormationFossil “Foraminifera, algae, bryozoa,
echinoid”;…
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Use comma to separate objectsIf several triples share the same subject and predicate,
we use a comma to separate the objects
The fact that the Mesozoic Era has three periods: Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous, can be stated in one (instead of three) RDF statement in the N3 format:
Mesozoic has periods Triassic, Jurassic, and Cretaceous
time : Mesozoic time : period time : Triassic , time : Jurassic , time : Cretaceous .
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‘a’ for ‘rdf:type’In N3, we use the letter ‘a’ to substitute for ‘rdf:type’
So, we can make statements such as ‘sulfide is a mineral’ (defined in mineralogy ontology, prefix: ‘min’) or ‘rhyolite is a felsic volcanic rock’ (defined in the Petrology ontology, prefix: ‘petr’).
min : Sulfide rdf : type min : Mineral ormin : Sulfide a min : Mineral
petr : Rhyolite rdf : type FelsicVolcanicRock orpetr : Rhyolite a FelsicVolcanicRock
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RDF vocabularyIn RDF, an individual resource is assigned as an
instance of another resource (class) with the rdf : type predicate
“Idaho pluton is a pluton” is written in RDF triple as:petr: IdahoPluton rdf : type petr : pluton
The rdf : Property is the class of all property resources, and allows defining all the attributes that describe the resource (e.g., can define color and cleavage for Mineral)
e.g., define ‘deforms’ to be a property:struc : deforms rdf : type rdf : Property
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rdf : Description, rdf : about, rdf : resourceBecause RDF is resource description framework, the
rdf : Description begins the description of an RDF statement
rdf : about is an attribute of the rdf : Description, and indicates the subject of the rdf statement
rdf : resource is an attribute of the property, and indicates the object of the RDF statement
<rdf : Description>
<rdf : about =“#mineral122”>
<min : identified-by>
<rdf : resource=“#G1234”>
</rdf : Description>
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rdf : ID property rdf : datatype propertyrdf : ID is an attribute of the rdf : DescriptionIt indicates the subject of the RDF statement
<rdf : Description rdf : ID “structuralGeology.htm”>
…
</rdf : Description>
rdf : datatype is an attribute of the property element, and has XSD datatype as value; allows defining the type of literals to the property
Statement: Fault fault:length “20 “ is written as:
<rdf : Description rdf:about="http://www.geology.org/Fault">
<fault:length rdf:datatype=“http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#int>20</fault:length>
</rdf : Description>
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RDF containersRDF has three constructs to be used as
collections of resources:
rdf : BagFor grouping of resources without order
rdf : SeqFor grouping of resources with order
rdf : AltIs a special type of rdf: Bag
used for describing a set of equivalent alternatives
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rdf:_n predicates, rdf : BagRDF has a set of special predicates: rdf:_1, rdf:_2, …,
rdf:_n, to associate a container as the subject with a resource it contains as the object
@prefix min: <http://www.mineralogy.org/>.
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>.
Group plagioclase (resources) without ordermin: Plagioclase rdf : type rdf : Bag;
rdf:_1 min : albite;
rdf:_2 min : anorthite;
rdf:_3 min : oligoclase;
rdf:_4 min : andesine;
rdf:_5 min : labradorite;
rdf:_6 min : bytownite. <! – now say: gabbro has mineral plag. - - >
petr : gabbro min:mineral min:Plagioclase.
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Rdf : Seq@prefix planet: <http://www.planetaryGeology.org/>.
@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>.
planet: Planets rdf : type rdf : Seq;
rdf:_1 planet : Mercury;
rdf:_2 planet : Venus;
rdf:_3 planet : Earth;
rdf:_4 planet : Mars;
rdf:_5 planet : Jupiter;
rdf:_6 planet : Saturn;
rdf:_7 planet : Uranus;
rdf:_8 planet : Neptune.
planet: Sun planets planet : Planets.
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rdf : Alt@prefix gsu: <http://www.gsu.edu>.@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#>.@prefix foaf: <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1>.@prefix people: <http://www.geoinformatics.net/people>.
gsu : webpage rdf : type rdf : Alt;
rdf:_1 <http://www.gsu.edu>;
rdf:_2 <http://www2.gsu.edu>.
people: Babaie foaf : homepage gsu : webpage.
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Blank or anonymous node (bnode)Sometimes, we want to say something about an individual
with certain properties, but we do not want to name that node, i.e., identify it with a URI (or we don’t have the URI), but want to use the node as a structured entity, i.e., an abstract template.
For example, the social networks do not issue a URI to members; the data about the members are connected to the blank node
In many-valued relationships, we may need to introduce auxiliary nodes, to connect many objects to one subject
Blank nodes are used for existential variables (e.g., someone), representing subject or object, for which we want to make assertions but cannot address a URI (someone know someone else) Since they do not have a URI, bnodes cannot be
referenced globally; they can only be referred to locally
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bnode …Let’s assume that we want to say
something about some geologist who has made a map, and this someone has name Babaie, and has email: [email protected]
http://www.geology.org/Maps/map1
nameemail
mapped_by
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bnode …bnodes can only be used for a subject or an object,
not for a predicate, which always needs a URIFor example, we may have information about a
subject (someone) but do not care to identify itIn this case, we use bnode and put the predicate and
object in a square bracket set []
Let’s say that we know that there is an outcrop of basalt, and that it is located in Nevada. We state the two statements (with bnode as subject) as follows:
[ rdf : type petr: outcrop;
geog: located-in geog : Nevada ]
rdf : typegeog : located_in
petr : Outcropgeog : Nevada
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Why bnode?RDF only supports binary predicates in one
statement, i.e., relations between two resources
We cannot say, for example, that Geologist studies Mineral and geologist images Microstructures in one statement
In such a case, the solution is to create an auxiliary node (resource), that represents say study, and associate the new node to the geologist, and then link the node to the Mineral and Microstructure This is similar to a university which, through a
blank node representing address, connects to a series of address attributes (see image above)
Atlanta
“30303”
GSU
GA
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Referring to a bnode Here is how to write: “geochemical sample N22
was taken in an outcrop which is located in Nevada”:
geochem : SampleN22 geochem : takenIn [ a petr: Outcrop geog: locatedIn : Nevada ].
Notice that we are using ‘a’ for ‘rdf:type’, and
that geochemistry ontology defines the Sample class and takenIn property
rdf : typegeog : located_in
petr : Outcropgeog : Nevada
http://www.geochem.org/Sample/N22
geochem : taken-in
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Using bnodes with rdf : nodeIDbnodes can be referred to by assigning node ids to them,
using the rdf : nodeID qualified name
The serialization of the previous rdf graph is:<rdf : Description rdf : about = “http://www.geochem.org/Sample/N22”>
<geochem : taken-in rdf : nodeID =”id1”/>
</rdf : Description>
<rdf : Description rdf : nodeID =”id1”>
<geog : located-in> Nevada</geog : located-in>
<petr: Outcrop> Outcrop1 </petr : Outcrop>
</rdf : Description>
rdf : typegeog :
located_in
petr : Outcropgeog : Nevada
http://www.geochem.org/Sample/N22
geochem : taken-in