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Visual Exploration of RDF Data

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SOFSEM 2008: Theory and Practice of Computer Science (SOFSEM 2008)

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Abstract

We have developed and implemented [1,2] infrastructure and RDF storage for the Semantic Web. When we filled it with data the need for some tool that could explore the data became evident. Unfortunately, none of existing solutions fulfills requirements imposed by the data and users expectations. This paper presents our RDF visualizer that was designed specifically to handle large RDF data by means of incremental navigation. A detailed description of the algorithm is given as well as actual results produced by the visualizer.

This research was supported in part by the National programme of research (Information society project 1ET100300419) and VEGA 1/3106/06.

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  1. Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic

    Jiří Dokulil

  2. Faculty of Mathematics, Physics and Informatics, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia

    Jana Katreniaková

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Viliam Geffert Juhani Karhumäki Alberto Bertoni Bart Preneel Pavol Návrat Mária Bieliková

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Dokulil, J., Katreniaková, J. (2008). Visual Exploration of RDF Data. In: Geffert, V., Karhumäki, J., Bertoni, A., Preneel, B., Návrat, P., Bieliková, M. (eds) SOFSEM 2008: Theory and Practice of Computer Science. SOFSEM 2008. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4910. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-77566-9_58

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