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RDF(S) INTEROPERABILITY RESULTS FOR SEMANTIC WEB TECHNOLOGIES

Ontology Engineering Group, Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Facultad de Informática, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, Boadilla del Monte, 28660, Madrid, Spain

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ASUNCIÓN GÓMEZ-PÉREZ

Ontology Engineering Group, Departamento de Inteligencia Artificial, Facultad de Informática, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Campus de Montegancedo, Boadilla del Monte, 28660, Madrid, Spain

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https://doi.org/10.1142/S0218194009004556Cited by:4 (Source: Crossref)

Abstract

Interoperability among different development tools is not a straightforward task since ontology editors rely on specific internal knowledge models which are translated into common formats such as RDF(S). This paper addresses the urgent need for interoperability by providing an exhaustive set of benchmark suites for evaluating RDF(S) import, export and interoperability. It also demonstrates, in an extensive field study, the state-of-the-art of interoperability among six Semantic Web tools. From this field study we have compiled a comprehensive set of practices that may serve as recommendations for Semantic Web tool developers and ontology engineers.

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