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Semantic Overlay Networks

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Synonyms

Semantic overlays; SONs

Definition

Semantic Overlay Networks are types of Overlay Networks where the topology is formed according to the resources (i.e., services or data provided) of the participants. This is done on the basis of similarity between participants, which is calculated by means of resource metadata exchange (e.g. keywords, term vectors, concepts from ontologies, histograms).

Historical Background

Semantic Overlay Networks were introduced in 2002, by H. Garcia-Molina and A. Crespo [3]. The motivation was to give an alternative to inefficient search methods for overlay networks, one that would provide more relevant results in less time and using less resources (mainly bandwidth).

Foundations

The original idea of Semantic Overlay Networks [3] was to organize the nodes that participate in a network into many different overlays, based on the content that the nodes are contributing and some classification scheme for this content. As one overlay is created for each...

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  1. VU University Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    George Anadiotis, Spyros Kotoulas & Ronny Siebes

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  1. College of Computing, Georgia Institute of Technology, 266 Ferst Drive, 30332-0765, Atlanta, GA, USA

    LING LIU (Professor) (Professor)

  2. Database Research Group David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, N2L 3G1, Waterloo, ON, Canada

    M. TAMER ÖZSU (Professor and Director, University Research Chair) (Professor and Director, University Research Chair)

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Anadiotis, G., Kotoulas, S., Siebes, R. (2009). Semantic Overlay Networks. In: LIU, L., ÖZSU, M.T. (eds) Encyclopedia of Database Systems. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-39940-9_1224

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