Evaluating semantic browsers for consuming linked data

Fahad Alahmari, James A. Thom, Liam Magee, Wilson Wong

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Abstract

The value of a single dataset is increased when it is linked to combinations of datasets to provide users with more information. Linked Data is a style of publishing data on the Web by using a structured machine-readable format, RDF, and semantically typed relations to connect related data. Its structured representation opens up new possibilities in the way these data can be accessed and queried, while posing new design challenges for human interactions such as overloading data, navigation style, or browsing mechanism. In this paper, we review 14 semantic browsers available for the consumption of structured Linked Data and evaluate them against our five criteria framework in order to establish how well these browsers bring the benefit of Linked Data to human users.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationDatabase Technologies 2012 - Proceedings of the 23rd Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2012
EditorsRui Zhang, Yanchun Zhang
PublisherAustralian Computer Society
Pages89-98
Number of pages10
ISBN (Electronic)9781921770050
StatePublished - Jan 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event23rd Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2012, held as part of the Australasian Computer Science Week, ACSW 2012 - Melbourne, Australia
Duration: Jan 31 2012Feb 3 2012

Publication series

NameConferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology Series
Volume124
ISSN (Print)1445-1336

Conference

Conference23rd Australasian Database Conference, ADC 2012, held as part of the Australasian Computer Science Week, ACSW 2012
Country/TerritoryAustralia
CityMelbourne
Period1/31/122/3/12

Keywords

  • Linked Data
  • RDF browsers
  • Semantic browsers
  • Semantic interface
  • Semantic Web
  • User interaction

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Information Systems
  • Software

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