XML to RDF Conversion: A Generic Approach

2008 International Conference on Automated Solutions for Cross Media Content and Multi-Channel Distribution Pub Date : 2008-11-17 DOI:10.1109/AXMEDIS.2008.17

D. Van Deursen, C. Poppe, G. Martens, E. Mannens, R. Walle

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The role of metadata is gaining importance due to today's growth of multimedia content. Currently, XML is the standard for data interchange. However, as XML Schemas do not express semantics but rather the document structure, there is a lack of semantic interoperability regarding current (XML-based) metadata standards. By using semantic Web technologies, ontologies can be created to describe the semantics of a particular metadata format. A problem is that the existing XML data (compliant with a particul.ar metadata format) cannot be used by an ontology, implying the need for a conversion of XML data to RDF instances. In this paper, a generic approach is proposed for the transformation of XML data into RDF instances in an ontology-dependent way. By means of a mapping document, the link is described between an XML Schema (describing the structure of particular XML data) and an OWL ontology. Our approach is illustrated by applying it to the DIG35 specification, which is an XML-based metadata standard for the description of digital images.

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XML到RDF的转换:一种通用方法

由于今天多媒体内容的增长，元数据的作用变得越来越重要。目前，XML是数据交换的标准。但是，由于XML schema不表达语义，而是表达文档结构，因此当前(基于XML的)元数据标准缺乏语义互操作性。通过使用语义Web技术，可以创建本体来描述特定元数据格式的语义。问题是现有的XML数据(符合特定的。本体不能使用(XML元数据格式)，这意味着需要将XML数据转换为RDF实例。本文提出了一种通用的方法，以依赖于本体的方式将XML数据转换为RDF实例。通过映射文档，可以在XML模式(描述特定XML数据的结构)和OWL本体之间描述链接。通过将我们的方法应用于DIG35规范来说明我们的方法，DIG35规范是用于描述数字图像的基于xml的元数据标准。

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