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Multidimensional RDF

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On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2005: CoopIS, DOA, and ODBASE (OTM 2005)

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RDF has been proposed by W3C as a metadata model and language for representing information about resources in WWW. In this paper we introduce Multidimensional RDF (or MRDF), as an extension of RDF, suitable for representing context-dependent RDF data. In MRDF we have a set of dimensions whose values define different contexts (or worlds) under which different parts of an RDF graph may hold. We define the semantics of MRDF in terms of the semantics of RDF. Additionally, we propose appropriate extensions, suitable for representing MRDF graphs in triples notation and RDF/XML syntax. Finally, we demonstrate how an MRDF graph, embodying a single time dimension, can be used to model the history of a conventional RDF graph.

This research was partially co-funded by the European Social Fund (75%) and National Resources (25%) – Operational Program for Educational and Vocational Training (EPEAEK II) and particularly by the Research Program “PYTHAGORAS II”.

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    Manolis Gergatsoulis & Pantelis Lilis

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Gergatsoulis, M., Lilis, P. (2005). Multidimensional RDF. In: Meersman, R., Tari, Z. (eds) On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems 2005: CoopIS, DOA, and ODBASE. OTM 2005. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3761. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11575801_17

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