Semantic Web Portals: Design and Development Technologies and Tools
Ansari, Aftab (2012)
Ansari, Aftab
Kemi-Tornion ammattikorkeakoulu Lapin ammattikorkeakoulu
2012
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https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201205025703
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-201205025703
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Ansari, Aftab 2012. Semantic Web Portals: Design and Development Technologies and Tools: Bachelor’s Thesis. Kemi-Tornio University of Applied Sciences. Business and Culture. Pages 67.
Semantic Web is one important and relevant research area in computer science. A growing research attention to this field can be explained by the opportunities the Semantic Web could provide by representing and reasoning about semantic information. The objective of this thesis is to study the technologies for building information architecture and tools for technical implementation of Semantic Web Portals (SWPs). In particular, this thesis focuses on the concepts of ontology and the formalisms for representing ontologies within SWPs. These formalisms include, for instance, RDF (Resource Description Framework) and OWL (Web Ontology Language). There are many software tools, for example, Protégé, Jena and OntoStudio, intended for the practical implementation of ontologies and these are overviewed and analyzed in this work. In addition, the thesis focuses on two implementations of SWPs in Finland, namely, HealthFinland and MuseumFinland.
Based on these research results this thesis proposes the idea of building a SWP for Finnish educational system. The discussion of the information architecture for the proposed SWP is limited to Kemi-Tornio UAS due to the time allocated for thesis research. Nevertheless, the results of the work prove that this idea is relevant and implementable and will bring benefits to a wide category of users both general public and the education professionals.
The main research methodology used in this thesis is exploratory research based on the literature use and analysis. There are plenty of books and academic articles published in this research area. This research work is largely theoretical although the practical idea following the research results is presented and its implementation is suggested. Finally, opportunities for continuing this research work are discussed.
Semantic Web is one important and relevant research area in computer science. A growing research attention to this field can be explained by the opportunities the Semantic Web could provide by representing and reasoning about semantic information. The objective of this thesis is to study the technologies for building information architecture and tools for technical implementation of Semantic Web Portals (SWPs). In particular, this thesis focuses on the concepts of ontology and the formalisms for representing ontologies within SWPs. These formalisms include, for instance, RDF (Resource Description Framework) and OWL (Web Ontology Language). There are many software tools, for example, Protégé, Jena and OntoStudio, intended for the practical implementation of ontologies and these are overviewed and analyzed in this work. In addition, the thesis focuses on two implementations of SWPs in Finland, namely, HealthFinland and MuseumFinland.
Based on these research results this thesis proposes the idea of building a SWP for Finnish educational system. The discussion of the information architecture for the proposed SWP is limited to Kemi-Tornio UAS due to the time allocated for thesis research. Nevertheless, the results of the work prove that this idea is relevant and implementable and will bring benefits to a wide category of users both general public and the education professionals.
The main research methodology used in this thesis is exploratory research based on the literature use and analysis. There are plenty of books and academic articles published in this research area. This research work is largely theoretical although the practical idea following the research results is presented and its implementation is suggested. Finally, opportunities for continuing this research work are discussed.