Specializing RDFS : See Also in Semantic Web

Abstract

One of the principles of Web of Data is linking resources to related ones. The rdfs:seeAlso link plays an important role in interlinking datasets and web resources.W3C defines rdfs:seeAlso to provide additional information about subject resources by interlinking datasets. This definition is general and can have various interpretations and implementations. In this paper, we tackle the problem of specializing the rdfs:seeAlso link by identifying more specific definitions and patterns that can assist individuals and organization in recognizing the target web resources that provide additional information about the subject resource. We investigate this problem in information retrieval applications and specify the desired patterns by probing databases that traditionally use seeAlso in their structure and referencing system. The structure of described databases and systems are similar to the structure of Web of Data. The provided usages of seeAlso show that many of the explained patterns are common that can be applied in Web of Data. We have conducted an empirical study to analyse the comprehensiveness of several patterns in traditional web. The results show that the investigated patterns constitute a significant portion of seeAlso usages.