RDF Graph Data Model - Prof. Mustafa Jarrar (Personal … Graph Data Model Lecture Notes on Web Data...

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RDFGraph Data Model

Lecture Notes on Web Data Management

Birzeit University, Palestine

2013

Dr. Mustafa Jarrar

University of Birzeit

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Watch this lecture and download the slides from

http:// http://jarrar-courses.blogspot.com/2014/01/web-data-management.html



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Outline

• Relational vs. Tree vs. Graph data models

• Why XML is not enough

• RDF

• Mapping between R.DB and RDF

Keyword: Graph Data Models, Tree Data Models, Relational Data Models, RDF, Directed Labeled

Graph, XML Semantics, Mapping XML to RDF, Mapping RDB to RDF

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Reading

1. RDF Primer (http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/ )

2. Charlie Abela: Lecture notes on Artificial Intelligencehttp://staff.um.edu.mt/cabe2/supervising/csa3003/presentations/RDF%20Tutorial.ppt

Please have a look only to:

Chapter 2 Making Statements About Resources

Chapter 3 An XML Syntax for RDF: RDF/XML

Chapter 3 Defining RDF Vocabularies: RDF Schema

http://www.w3.org/TR/rdf-syntax-grammar/

http://staff.um.edu.mt/cabe2/supervising/csa3003/presentations/RDF Tutorial.ppt

http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-rdf-syntax/



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Relational vs Tree vs Graph Data model

Relational Data models• Data is represented in tuples, groups into relations

• Relational databases

Tree data models• Parent / child relationships

• Directed Acyclic Graphs

• XML is a tree data model

Graph Data Models• A nodes is a data element and links are relations

between these elements.

• Directed Labeled Graphs

• RDF is a graph data model

Tree are special case of graphs

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What is XML

• Provides a common syntax for marking up documents.

• Easy to exchange between computers (web)

• Data model: an XML Document is an ordered labeled tree (/collection

of trees).

• W3C standard since 1997.

<bookInfo>

<title>Orientalism</title>

<author>

<persName>

<title>Prof.</title>

<foreName>Edward</foreName>

<surName>Said</surName>

<roleName>University Professor

<placeName>Columbia University

</placeName>

</roleName>

</persName>

</author>

</bookInfo>

bookinfo

title

surNametitle

author

persName

foreName

placeName

roleName

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XML Example

<address>

<name>Universsity of Birzeit</name>

<street>Almarj 435</street>

<town>Birzeit</town>

</address>

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Address Example: XML to XML

<address>

<name>University of Birzeit</name>

<place>



</place>

</address>

<address>




</address>

XML Markup 1:

XML Markup 2:

XML stylesheets to

transform between

XML representations

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Why XML is Not Enough?

• It provides syntax, but not semantics, which is important when

exchanging/representing data over the Web.

• Not primitive. Same data can be represented in many ways, which is a

problem when exchanging/representing data over the Web.

<aaaa>

<bbbb>Universsity of Birzeit</bbbb>

<cccc>Almarj 435</cccc>

<dddd>Birzeit</dddd>

</aaaa>

<address>




</address>

<address name=“University of Birzeit”>



</address>

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What is RDF?

• W3C standard since 1999

• RDF stands for Resource Description Framework.

• For describing resources on the web.

• Written in XML. It is not a language but a framework• You see it as a way of writing XML making it meaningful and more

primitive.

• You may see it independent, RDF data might never occur in XML form

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Makes use of URIs

• In order to refer to and identify things on the web(i.e., web resource) RDF uses a URI (Uniform ResourceIdentifier).

• URIs are like Global Primary Key.

• Unlike URLs, URIs are not limited to identifying things thathave a network location.

• A URI reference (URIref) is a URI, together with anoptional fragment identifier at the end.

http://www.example.org/index.html#section2

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RDF Important Concepts

• Data is represented in RDF as a directed labeled graph.

• An RDF graph is a set of triples, of the form <Subject, Predicate, Object>

Each Subject and each Predicate must be a URI; that is, it has to be a

unique identifier, not a literal. An Object can be either a URI or a literal.

http://www.amazon.com/Orientalism-Edward-W-Said/dp/039474067Xc

Orientalism

Edward Said

11$

:Author

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Example


Orientalism

Edward Said

11$

:Author

<?xml version="1.0"?>

<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#

xmlns:a="http://www.example.com"

xmlns:w="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/">

<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.amazon.com/Orientalism-Edward-W-Said/dp/039474067X">

<a:Title>Orientalism</a:Title>

<a:Price>11$</a:Price>

<a:Author>Edward_Said</a:Author>

</rdf:Description>

</rdf:RDF>

http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns

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Example


<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf=http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#

xmlns:a="http://www.example.com/"





<a:Author>

<rdf:Description rdf:about="w:Edward_Said">

<a:BirthCity>Jerusalem</a:BirthCity>

<a:BornAt>1/11/1935</a:BornAt>

<a:DiedA>25/9/2003</a:DiedA>

</rdf:Description>

</a:Author>

</rdf:Description>

</rdf:RDF>

<http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type>


Orientalism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Said

11$ Edward Saïd

Jerusalem

1/11/1935

25/9/2003

a:Author

a:B

irth

Cit

y



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Example


<rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"

xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"

xmlns:a="http://www.example.com#"





<a:Author>

<rdf:Description rdf:about="w:Edward_Said">

<a:BornAt>1/11/1935</a:BornAt>

<a:DiedA>25/9/2003</a:DiedA>

<a:BirthCity>

<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem">

<a:Population>760800</a:Population>

<a:CapitalOf>Palestine</a:CapitalOf>

</rdf:Description>

</a:BirthCity>

</rdf:Description>

</a:Author>

</rdf:Description>

</rdf:RDF>


Orientalism

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Said

11$ Edward Saïd

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem

1/11/1935

25/9/2003

760800 Palestine

:Author

:Bir

thC

ity

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Another Example

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Directed Labelled Graph Representation

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Simple Example


<RDF>

<Description about="http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp">

<author>Jan Egil Refsnes</author>

<created>November 1, 1999</created>

<modified>February 1, 2004</modified>

</Description>

</RDF>

Based on [2]

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Example Explained

• In the example:

– the URI "http://www.w3schools.com/-default.asp" isused to identify a web page,

– the property "author" describes the author of the page,

– the property value is "Jan Egil Refsnes".

– The property "created" tells when the page wascreated, and the property "modified" when it was lastmodified.

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Subject, Predicate & Object

• RDF terminology also use the words subject,

predicate and object.

• The resource http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp is

the subject

• The property "author" is the predicate

• The value "Jan Egil Refsnes" is the object

http://www.w3schools.com/default.asp

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Example 2

<rdf:RDF>

xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax ns#"

xmlns:cd="http://www.recshop.fake/cd">

<rdf:Description

rdf:about="http://www.recshop.fake/cd/Empire Burlesque">

<cd:artist>Bob Dylan</cd:artist>

<cd:country>USA</cd:country>

<cd:company>Columbia</cd:company>

<cd:price>10.90</cd:price>

<cd:year>1985</cd:year>

</rdf:Description>

. . . . . . . . . . . .

Based on [2]

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Example 2 (cont)

<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://www.recshop.fake/cd/Hide your heart"> <cd:artist>Bonnie Tyler</cd:artist> <cd:country>UK</cd:country> <cd:company>CBS Records</cd:company> <cd:price>9.90</cd:price> <cd:year>1988</cd:year>

</rdf:Description></rdf:RDF>

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Details of the Example

• The first line in the XML file is the XML declaration, telling the version of

XML.

• The rdf:RDF element indicates that the content is RDF.

• The xmlns:rdf namespace, specifies that tags with the rdf: prefix are

from the namespace defined by "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#".

• The xmlns:cd namespace, specifies that tags with the cd: prefix are

from the namespace defined by "http://www.recshop.fake/cd".

• The rdf:Description element contains the description of a resource

identified by the rdf:about attribute.

• The cd:artist element describes a property of the resource, and so

does cd:country, etc.

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Table Representation (List of Triples)

Subject Predicate Object

http://www.recshop.fake/cd/Empire

Burlesquehttp://www.recshop.fake/cdartist

"Bob

Dylan"


Burlesque

http://www.recshop.fake/cdcount

ry"USA”


Burlesque

http://www.recshop.fake/cdcomp

any"Columbia”


Burlesquehttp://www.recshop.fake/cdprice "10.90”


Burlesquehttp://www.recshop.fake/cdyear "1985”

http://www.recshop.fake/cd/Empire Burlesque

http://www.recshop.fake/cdartist


http://www.recshop.fake/cdcountry


http://www.recshop.fake/cdcompany


http://www.recshop.fake/cdprice


http://www.recshop.fake/cdyear

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Main RDF Properties and Attributes

Main RDF Properties

• rdf:subject The subject of the resource in an RDF Statement

• rdf:predicate The predicate of the resource in an RDF Statement

• rdf:object The object of the resource in an RDF Statement

• rdf:type The resource is an instance of a class

Main RDF Attributes

• rdf:RDF The root of an RDF document

• rdf:about Defines the resource being described

• rdf:Description Container for the description of a resource

• rdf:resource Defines a resource to identify a property

• rdf:datatype Defines the data type of an element

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RDF Validator

• Check the correctness of an RDF document:

http://www.w3.org/RDF/Validator/

• Result shows the subject, predicate and object of each

element of the document and a graph of the model.

http://www.w3.org/RDF/Validator/

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Mapping XML into RDF (Example)

<XML>

<Article ID=B1 Year=“2000”>

<Author ID=A1>

<Name>Tom</Name>

<Affiliation ID=UoM>

<Name>University of Malta</Name>

<Country ID=mt>

<Name> Malta</Name>

<Capital>Valletta</Capital>

</Country>

</Affiliation>

<Author>

</Article>


<Author href=“#A1”/>

<Author ID=A2>

<Name>Bob</Name>

<Affiliation ID=UoC>

<Name>University of Cyprus</Name>

<Country ID=cy>

<Name> Cyprus</Name>

<Capital>Nicosia</Capital>

</Country>

</Affiliation>

<Author>

</Article>


<Author ID=A3>

<email>ps@uoc</email>

<Affiliation href=“#UoC”/>

<Author>

</Article>


<Publisher ID=ACM/>

</Article>

</XML>

XML

B1

A2

UoM

“Bob”

County

A1

“Tom”

B2UoC

Author

cy

mtCounty

Affiliation

p3@uoc

Affiliation

B3A3

“University of Malta”

“University of Cyprus”

2000

2005

2007

“Cyprus”

“Nicosia”

“Malta”

“Valletta”

Employs

Employs

Root

B4

2008

Artic

le

ACM

RDF

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Mapping Database into RDF (Example)

Person

ID Name Affiliation

A1 Tom Lara UoM

A2 Bob Hacker UoC

Article

ID Tile Year

B1 Data Web 2007

B2 Semantic Web 2005Author

Article Person

B1 A1

B1 A2

B2 A2

Country

ID Name

mt Malta

cy Cyprus

Affiliation

ID Country

UoM mt

UoC cy

RDFS P O

:B1 rdf:Type :Article:B1 :Title “Data Web”:B1 :Year 2007:B2 rdf:Type :Article:B2 :Title “Semantic Web”:B2 :Year 2005:B1 :Author :A1:B1 :Author :A2:B2 :Author :A1:A1 rdf:Type :Person:A1 :Name “Tom Lara”:A1 :Affiliation :UoM:A2 :Type :Person:A2 :Name “Bob Hacker”:A2 :Affiliation :UoC:UoM :Type :University:UoM :Country :mt:mt :Type :Country:mt :Name “Malta”:UoC :Type :University:UoC :Country :cy:cy :Type :Country:cy :Name “Cyprus”

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Practice Session

Write all information in your Passport into formats:

1. in RDF/XML format,

2. as SPO table.

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<rdf:RDF

xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#"

xmlns:mz="http://www.example.com/"

xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-datatypes">

<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://mohammad.example.com/">

<mz:id rdf:datatype="xsd:integer">111111111</mz:id>

<mz:firstname>Mohammad</mz:firstname>

<mz:firstname xml:lang="ar"> محمد</mz:firstname>

<mz:familyname>ZeinEddin</mz:familyname>

<mz:wife rdf:resource="http://tamara.example.com/" />

</rdf:Description>

<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://tamara.example.com/">

<mz:id rdf:datatype="xsd:integer">2222222222</mz:id>

<mz:firstname>Tamara</mz:firstname>

<mz:familyname>Adam</mz:familyname>

</rdf:Description>

</rdf:RDF>

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