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Knowledge Engineering
with Semantic Web Technologies
Lecture 1: Knowledge Engineering and the Web of Data
1.4 Semantic Web Technology and the Web of Data
Dr. Harald Sack
Hasso-Plattner-Institut for IT Systems Engineering
University of Potsdam
Autumn 2015

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URI - Uniform Resource Identifier

Pluto http://dbpedia.org/resource/Pluto
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 From Wikipedia to DBpedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pluto

http://dbpedia.org/resource/Pluto
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 From Wikipedia to DBpedia
http://dbpedia.org/resource/Pluto

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http://dbpedia.org/resource/Pluto

:Pluto rdf:type dbo:Planet .

:Pluto foaf:name “Pluto”@en .
:Pluto dbo:discoverer :Clyde_Tombaugh .
:Pluto dbo:discovered “1930-02-18”^^xsd:date .
:Clyde_Tombaugh rdf:type dbo:Person .
:Clyde_Tombaugh dbo:birthdate “1906-02-04” ^^xsd:date
.
...

RDF Resource Description Framework

:Pluto rdf:type dbo:Planet .

RDF Tripel RDF Subject RDF Property RDF Object
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http://dbpedia.org/ontology/Planet

dbo:Planet rdf:type owl:class .

dbo:Planet rdfs:subClassOf dbo:CelestialBody .
dbo:discovered rdf:type rdf:Property .
dbo:discovered rdfs:domain owl:Thing .
dbo:discovered rdfs:range xsd:date .
dbo:discoverer rdf:type rdf: Property .
dbo:discoverer rdfs:domain owl:Thing .
dbo:discoverer rdfs:rang dbo:Person .
...

RDF Schema

CelestialBody
rdfs:isSubclassOf

Planet Person
dbo:discoverer

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Pluto Clyde_Tombaugh
dbo:discoverer
entities
classes
rdf:type
logical constraint

new:LivingPeople ∩ new:DeadPeople =∅

rdfs:isSubclassOf
description logics

Person

+ logical rules ∀x.∃y.deathDate(x,y) ∧Person(x)∧Date(y) → DeadPeople(x)

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Look for all space missions in the Solar System
which have become a satellite of their target

PREFIX dcterms: <http://purl.org/dc/terms/>

PREFIX skos: <http://www.w3.org/2004/02/skos/core#>
PREFIX dbp: <http://dbpedia.org/property/>
PREFIX dbc: <http://dbpedia.org/resource/Category:>

SELECT distinct ?s ?o
FROM <http://dbpedia.org/>
WHERE{
?s dcterms:subject/skos:broader*
dbc:Discovery_and_exploration_of_the_Solar_System ;
dbp:satelliteOf ?o .
}

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 Look for all space missions
in the Solar System
which have become
a satellite of their target

try SPARQL query at public DBpedia SPARQL endpoint

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