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Deriving human-readable labels from SPARQL queries

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Denny Vrandečić,

Elena SimperlAuthors Info & Claims

I-Semantics '11: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Semantic Systems

Pages 126 - 133

https://doi.org/10.1145/2063518.2063535

Published: 07 September 2011 Publication History

Abstract

Over 80% of entities on the Semantic Web lack a human-readable label. This hampers the ability of any tool that uses linked data to offer a meaningful interface to human users. We argue that methods for deriving human-readable labels are essential in order to allow the usage of the Web of Data. In this paper we explore, implement, and evaluate a method for deriving human-readable labels based on the variable names used in a large corpus of SPARQL queries that we built from a set of log files. We analyze the structure of the SPARQL graph patterns and offer a classification scheme for graph patterns. Based on this classification, we identify graph patterns that allow us to derive useful labels. We also provide an overview over the current usage of SPARQL in the newly built corpus.

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Deriving human-readable labels from SPARQL queries
1. Information systems
  1. Information storage systems
    1. Record storage systems
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I-Semantics '11: Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Semantic Systems

September 2011

129 pages

ISBN:9781450306218

DOI:10.1145/2063518

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Chiara Ghidini
Bruno Kessler Foundation - Italy
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Axel-Cyrille Ngonga Ngomo
University of Leipzig - Germany
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Stefanie Lindstaedt
Know Center Graz - Austria
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Tassilo Pellegrini
Semantic Web Company, Austria

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Bhowmick SChoi BBhowmick SChoi B(2023)Pattern Selection for Large NetworksPlug-and-Play Visual Subgraph Query Interfaces10.1007/978-3-031-16162-9_7(83-121)Online publication date: 14-Mar-2023
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-16162-9_7
Yuan ZChua HBhowmick SYe ZHan WChoi B(2021)Towards plug-and-play visual graph query interfacesProceedings of the VLDB Endowment10.14778/3476249.347625614:11(1979-1991)Online publication date: 1-Jul-2021
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.14778/3476249.3476256
Im SSohn MJeong SLee H(2014)Keyword-Based SPARQL Query Generation System to Improve Semantic Tractability on LOD CloudProceedings of the 2014 Eighth International Conference on Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing10.1109/IMIS.2014.95(102-109)Online publication date: 2-Jul-2014
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1109/IMIS.2014.95

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