intro to linked data: data modeling

An Introduction

toLinked Data

David Hyland-WoodUniversity of Mary Washington

Part 2 of 5Data Modeling

Monday, May 16, 2011

Data modeling without context


Modeling without Context


Modeling without Context• Model the Real World



• Look for objects of interest




• Put aside the immediate needs of any application





• Investigate how others are already modeling similar or related data





• Investigate how others are already modeling similar or related data

• These techniques allow for re-use and merging


Modeling without Context


Modeling without Context• Look for duplication (normalise)



• Think about time and events, as well as things




• Consider how the data will change over time




• Consider how the data will change over time

• Separate real-world (non-information resources) and online (information resources)


Objects of Interest

Apollo 11 Command and Service Module

crewBuzz Aldrin


http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1969-059A




Objects of Interest

Apollo 11 Command and Service Module Buzz Aldrin

crewBuzz Aldrin






Objects of Interest


crewBuzz Aldrin

Person

a

20 January 1930

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Objects of Interest


crew

Buzz Aldrin

name

Person

a

20 January 1930

born








Apollo 11 Command and Service Module

Spacecrafta

Apollo 11 Command and Service Modulename

16 July 1969launched

28801.0mass

Cape Canaveral

Cape Canaveral, United States name

launchsite










URIs:Naming Things

on the WebMonday, May 16, 2011

Naming Things on the Web• Use http:// URIs

There are other URIs, but http URIs can be used to get more information quickly and easily

• Use clean, stable URIsAbstract away implementation detailsEnsure they are reliable

• There are two types of resource, both require URIsInformation Resources — Web pages, images, CSS files etc.Non-Information Resources — People, places, events, concepts etc.


Distinguishing Resourceshttp://example.com/1969-059A ← Thing

http://example.com/1969-059A.rdf ← RDF data

http://example.com/1969-059A.html ← HTML page

http://example.com/1969-059A ← Thing

http://example.com/1969-059A/rdf ← RDF data

http://example.com/1969-059A/html ← HTML page

http://example.com/resource/1969-059A ← Thing

http://example.com/data/1969-059A ← RDF data

http://example.com/page/1969-059A ← HTML page


http://.../topics/physicsURIs provide names for resourcesYou can say things about resources

"Physics"Literal values are displayable labelsYou can't say more things about "Physics"

Use URIs


http://yours.com/spacecraft/1959-059AI own the domain, so I can control the meaning of the URII can also commit to its permanence and provide data at this address

http://theirs.com/spacecraft/1959-059AI don't own this domain, so I can't put any data thereThe domain owner may choose to use this URI to mean something different to me

Use Your Own Domain


http://.../spacecraft/1959-059AThe URI contains meaningful, natural or system-neutral keys.I can route these URIs to any implementation, meaning they can live foreverBonus: I'm not advertising my technology choices

http://.../index.aspx?id=3Nobody wants to know that you're using ASP.Net, reallyHow will you keep URIs the same when you change or upgrade your technology?

Use Neutral URIs


http://.../spacecraft/1969-059Aeveryone know what to do with http:// URIshttp:// URIs provide a quick, easy and scalable lookup mechanism

info:space/1969-059Ahttp://info-uri.infoinfo URIs require specialised knowledgeinfo URIs provide no lookup mechanism

Use http:// URIs


http://.../spacecraft/1969-059AAnyone working with the original data can 'guess' your URIsYou can visually debug, and remember, your own URIs

http://.../809c6eNobody can guess this

Use Natural Keys


http://.../spacecraft/1969-059AContainers help keep natural keys separateContainers provide a natural place to put lists

http://.../1969-059AWhat URI do I put a list of all the spacecraft at now?

Use Containers (sparingly)


http://.../statistics/2010/agenciesDates provide a way to show data from a period in timeMost useful for things like statistics, samples or readings

http://.../statistics/agenciesWhere am I going to put next year's statistics?

Use Dates (sparingly)


Distinguishing Resourceshttp://example.com/1969-059A.html#self ← Thing

http://example.com/1969-059A.html ← HTML page


Fragment Identifiers #• Useful, with caution

• Fragment identifiers are not sent to the server

• Limits server-side decision making

• Limits granularity of the response

• Sometimes used with schema when terms link to human-readable documentation on the Web.


Turtle:Terse RDF Triple

Language Monday, May 16, 2011

Turtle• Terse Triple Language (TTL)

http://www.w3.org/2007/02/turtle/primer/

• A human-readable notation for RDF

• Provides useful syntax for quickly hand-writing RDF

• Forms the basis of patterns in SPARQL


http://.../1969-059A

http://.../Spacecraft

a

<http://.../1969-059A> a <http://.../Spacecraft> .










http://.../1969-059A

<http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A>






http://.../1969-059A


a


a space:Spacecraft ;










http://.../1969-059A


a




space:name "Apollo 11 Command and Service Module" ;










http://.../1969-059A


a






space:launched "1969-07-16"^^xsd:date ;










http://.../1969-059A


a



28801.0mass





space:mass 28801.0 .










http://.../1969-059A


a



28801.0mass






@prefix space: <http://example.com/space-schema/> .@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .










Example Turtle@prefix space: <http://example.com/space-schema/> .@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

<http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A> a space:Spacecraft ; space:name "Apollo 11 Command and Service Module" ; space:launched "1969-07-16"^^xsd:date ; space:mass 28801.0 .


http://.../1969-059A


a



28801.0mass
















http://.../1969-059A


a



28801.0mass

http://.../cape+cana...


launchsite




















http://.../1969-059A


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28801.0mass



launchsite






space:launchsite <http://.../cape+cana...> .

space:mass 28801.0 . space:mass 28801.0 ;














http://.../1969-059A


a



28801.0mass



launchsite






<http://.../cape+cana...> space:name "Cape Canaveral, United States"@en-us .

space:launchsite <http://.../cape+cana...> .

space:mass 28801.0 . space:mass 28801.0 ;















<http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A> a space:Spacecraft ; space:name "Apollo 11 Command and Service Module" ; space:launched "1969-07-16"^^xsd:date ; space:mass 28801.0 ; space:launchsite <http://.../cape+cana...> .



RDF/XMLMonday, May 16, 2011

http://.../1969-059A


a

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rdf:RDF xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">

<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://.../1969-059A"> <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://.../Spacecraft"/> </rdf:Description>

</rdf:RDF>










http://.../1969-059A


a



28801.0mass



launchsite














Example RDF/XML<?xml version="1.0"?><rdf:RDF xmlns:space="http://example.com/space-schema/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">

<rdf:Description rdf:about="http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A"> <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://example.com/space-schema/Spacecraft"> <space:name> Apollo 11 Command and Service Module </space:name> <space:launched rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date"> 1969-07-16 </space:launched> <space:mass rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer"> 28801 </space:mass> <space:launchsite rdf:resource="http://.../cape+cana..." /> </rdf:Description> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://.../cape+cana..."> <space:name xml:lang="en-us"> Cape Canaveral, United States </space:name> </rdf:Description>

</rdf:RDF>


Example RDF/XML

subject .

value .

property .

value .

property .

value .

property .

value .

property .

value .

property .

subject .

value .

property .

<?xml version="1.0"?><rdf:RDF xmlns:space="http://example.com/space-schema/" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#" xmlns:rdf="http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#">


</rdf:RDF>




</rdf:RDF>



<space:Spacecraft rdf:about="http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A"> <rdf:type rdf:resource="http://example.com/space-schema/Spacecraft"> <space:name> Apollo 11 Command and Service Module </space:name> <space:launched rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date"> 1969-07-16 </space:launched> <space:mass rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer"> 28801 </space:mass> <space:launchsite rdf:resource="http://.../cape+cana..." /> </space:Spacecraft> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://.../cape+cana..."> <space:name xml:lang="en-us"> Cape Canaveral, United States </space:name> </rdf:Description>

</rdf:RDF>



<space:Spacecraft rdf:about="http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A">

<space:name> Apollo 11 Command and Service Module </space:name> <space:launched rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date"> 1969-07-16 </space:launched> <space:mass rdf:datatype="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer"> 28801 </space:mass> <space:launchsite> <rdf:Description rdf:about="http://.../cape+cana..."> <space:name xml:lang="en-us"> Cape Canaveral, United States </space:name> </rdf:Description> </space:launchsite> </space:Spacecraft>

</rdf:RDF>


Other RDF FormatsMonday, May 16, 2011

Writing RDF• Turtle

Easily human readable, to become a W3C Recommendation (standard)

• RDF/XMLMachine to Machine Transfer, W3C Recommendation (standard)

• N-TriplesOne statement per line, subset of Turtle, grep compatible

• RDF/JSONUseful for AJAX Applications and anything with else JSON support

• RDFaWriting RDF within HTML pages


Example N-Triples<http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type> <http://example.com/space-schema/Spacecraft> .<http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A> <http://example.com/space-schema/name> "Apollo 11 Command and Service Module" .<http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A> <http://example.com/space-schema/launched> "1969-07-16"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date> .<http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A> <http://example.com/space-schema/mass> "28801"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer> .<http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A> <http://example.com/space-schema/launchsite> <http://.../cape+cana...> .<http://.../cape+cana...> <http://example.com/space-schema/name> "Cape Canaveral, United States"@en-us .


Example RDF/JSON{ "http://example.com/spacecraft/1969-059A" : { "http://example.com/space-schema/launched" : [ { "value" : "1969-07-16", "datatype" : "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#date", "type" : "literal" } ], "http://example.com/space-schema/launchsite" : [ { "value" : "http://.../cape+cana...", "type" : "uri" } ], "http://example.com/space-schema/mass" : [ { "value" : "28801", "datatype" : "http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#integer", "type" : "literal" } ], "http://example.com/space-schema/name" : [ { "value" : "Apollo 11 Command and Service Module", "type" : "literal" } ], "http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#type" : [ { "value" : "http://example.com/space-schema/Spacecraft", "type" : "uri" } ] }, "http://.../cape+cana..." : { "http://example.com/space-schema/name" : [ { "value" : "Cape Canaveral, United States", "lang" : "en-us", "type" : "literal" } ] }}


RDF SchemaMonday, May 16, 2011

Who has written a schema before?


Step 1.Forget what you think you know about schema


Differences• In a relational database:

• the schema is external to the data

• the schema comes first

• you must know the schema to query

• In RDF:

• the schema is in the data

• you may query at any time


The Open World• RDF Schema follow the Open World

assumption

• This model assumes that you may not have all of the information — that more things may be said elsewhere

• This means that missing isn't necessarily broken

• RDF Schema are not used for validation


If RDF Schema aren't for

validation, then what are they for?


RDF Validation• The Web of Data is about modeling for

re-use

• Reusability is provided by modeling outside of any one application's context

• Validation is specific to an application's context


RDF Schema• RDF Schema are descriptive

• They add additional information to the graph, through inference

• They add labels to properties and classes that make dynamic interfaces possible

• They provide human-readable descriptions to support schema re-use

• RDF Schema are written as RDF


Important• Properties are first class citizens

they're not hung off classes

• Classes are not OO classesthey do not have any behavior (methods)or properties...


http://.../1969-059A


a



28801.0mass



launchsite














Schema Re-use• RDF & RDFS

rdfs:label — labels for UI use

• Dublin CoreBibliographic Metadata — title, creator

• FOAFFriend of a Friend — people, organisations, creations, topics

• SIOCOnline communities — users, accounts, forums, blogs, microblogs

• GeoGeographical locations — latitude, longitude

• SKOSExisting taxonomies, thesauri and classification schemes


Schema Re-useProperty Schemaname (on Spacecraft)

launched

mass

launchsite

name (on Launchsite)


FOAF


Schema Re-useProperty Schemaname (on Spacecraft) foaf:name

launched space:launched

mass space:mass

launchsite space:launchsite

name (on Launchsite) foaf:name


RDF Schema@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .

@prefix space: <http://example.com/space-schema/> .

space:launchsite a rdf:Property ; rdfs:label "Launch Site"@en ; rdfs:description "The site from which something was launched, examples would be the launch site of a spacecraft, rocket or ship"@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy space: .

space:mass a rdf:Property ; rdfs:label "Mass"@en ; rdfs:description "The mass of an object, measured in Kg" ; rdfs:isDefinedBy space: .


http://.../1969-059A


a



28801.0mass



launchsite
















space:launchsite a rdf:Property ; rdfs:label "Launch Site"@en ; rdfs:description "The site from which something was launched, examples would be the launch site of a spacecraft, rocket or ship"@en ; rdfs:isDefinedBy space: .


space:Spacecraft a rdfs:Class ; rdfs:label "Spacecraft"@en ; rdfs:description "A Spacecraft is any man-made object intentionally launched into space" ; rdfs:isDefinedBy space: .


Typing with Ranges and Domains

• Properties can add class information to the subject and value either side of them

• A domain adds type information to the subject

• A range adds type information to the value

• Domains and ranges add type information from the schema to the instance data


A Launch Site is any place where something was

launched




space:launchsite a rdf:Property ; rdfs:label "Launch Site"@en ; rdfs:description "The site from which something was launched, examples would be the launch site of a spacecraft, rocket or ship"@en ; rdfs:range space:Launchsite ; rdfs:isDefinedBy space: .




http://.../1969-059A


a



launchsite














http://.../1969-059A


a



launchsite

http://.../launchsite

Each property

is a resource


















http://.../1969-059A


a



launchsite

http://.../Launchsite

http://.../launchsite

Each property

is a resource

range






















http://.../1969-059A


a



launchsite


ahttp://.../launchsite

Each property

is a resource

range























Property and Class Hierarchies

• Properties and classes can be more specialised versions of others

• This is done through rdfs:subPropertyOf and rdfs:subClassOf


LODE


RDF Schema@prefix lode: <http://linkedevents.org/ontology/> .@prefix owl: <http://www.w3.org/2002/07/owl#> .@prefix rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> .@prefix rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> .@prefix xsd: <http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#> .


space:launchsite a rdf:Property ; rdfs:label "Launch Site"@en ; rdfs:description "The site from which something was launched, examples would be the launch site of a spacecraft, rocket or ship"@en ; rdfs:range space:Launchsite ; rdfs:subPropertyOf lode:atPlace ; rdfs:isDefinedBy space: .




http://.../1969-059A


a



launchsite



range






















http://.../1969-059A


a



launchsite



range

http://.../atPlace

subPropertyOf


























http://.../1969-059A


a



launchsite



range

http://.../atPlace

subPropertyOf

atPlace

Each property

is a resource


























Naming Convention• Properties are generally in camel-case

name; launchDate; launchVehicle; crewMember

• RDF Class names are usually in title casePerson; Spacecraft; Discipline

• Properties use the simplest name they canlaunch; time; destination

• Inverse properties often use 'of'name & nameOf; crewMember & crewMemberOf


Thanks to

• Rob Styles, Talis Group Ltd for his CC-BY licensed “Two Day Introduction to the Web of Data” slides and spacecraft example data.


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