A framework for context-sensitive metadata description. (4th October 2006)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Khriyenko, Oleksiy; Terziyan, Vagan
• Is Part Of: International journal of metadata, semantics and ontologies. Volume 1:Number 2(2006)
• Page Start: 154
• Page End: 164
• Publication Date: 2006-10-04
• Subjects: semantic Web -- context-sensitive metadata description -- probabilistic context -- RDF contextual extension -- resource description framework -- semantics; Metadata -- Periodicals; Semantic Web -- Periodicals; Ontologies (Information retrieval) -- Periodicals; Data structures (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Information theory -- Periodicals; 005.74
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-2621

Abstract

Expectations regarding the new generation of Web depend on the success of Semantic Web technology. Resource Description Framework (RDF) is a basis for explicit and machine-readable representation of semantics. However RDF is not suitable for describing dynamic and context-sensitive resources (eg. processes). We present the Context Description Framework (CDF) as an extension of the RDF by adding a 'TrueInContext' component to the basic RDF triple ('subject-predicate-object'), and consider contextual value as a container of RDF statements. We also add a probabilistic component, which allows multilevel contextual dependence descriptions as well as presumes possibility for Bayesian reasoning with the RDF model.