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Export of relational databases to RDF databases by model transformations

  • Sergejs Rikacovs*
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • University of Latvia

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Abstract

The Semantic Web is a Web of Data. To fulfill this web with data we need methods how to transfer business data from existing relational databases. In most cases, textual mapping languages are used for the specification of correspondences between relational DB schema and OWL ontology. These languages generally are rather awkward and not well-suited for the specification of mappings in cases when there is a substantial semantic gap between the source ER schema and the target OWL ontology. At the same time specification of mappings is a classical use case for graphical model transformation languages. In our previous work [10] we have proposed a new, model transformation-based method for the specification of correspondences between the elements of DB schema and OWL ontology. During practical approbation of this method it became clear that the proposed method can be improved with respect to RAM usage and execution performance. In this paper we describe improvements of the previously proposed method that allows us to overcome these problems.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationPerspectives in Business Informatics Research - 10th International Conference, BIR 2011, Proceedings
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages158-166
Number of pages9
ISBN (Print)9783642245107
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011 - Riga, Latvia
Duration: 6 Oct 20118 Oct 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume90 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)1865-1348

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011
Country/TerritoryLatvia
CityRiga
Period6/10/118/10/11

Keywords

  • migration
  • OWL
  • RDF
  • relational database

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