Research on Multi-Source Data Integration Based on Ontology and Karma Modeling

Abstract

The purpose of data integration is that integrates multi-source heterogeneous data. Ontology solves semantic describing of multi-source heterogeneous data. The authors propose a practical approach based on ontology modeling and an information toolkit named Karma modeling for fast data integration, and demonstrate an application example in detail. Armed Conflict Location & Event Data Project (ACLED) is a publicly available conflict event dataset designed for disaggregated conflict analysis and crisis mapping. The authors analyzed the ACLED dataset and domain knowledge to build an Armed Conflict Event ontology, then constructed Karma models to integrate ACLED datasets and publish RDF data. Through SPARQL query to check the correctness of published RDF data. Authors design and developed an ACLED Query System based on Jena API, Canvas JS, and Baidu API, etc. technologies, which provides convenience for governments and researches to analyze regional conflict events and crisis early warning, and it verifies the validity of constructed ontology and the correctness of Karma modeling.