A Flexible Integration Framework for Semantic Web 2.0 Applications

Author

Oren, E. ; Haller, A. ; Hauswirth, M. ; Heitmann, B. ; Decker, S. ; Mesnage, C.

Author_Institution

Nat. Univ. of Ireland, Galway

Volume

24

Issue

5

fYear

2007

Firstpage

64

Lastpage

71

Abstract

The Semantic Web application framework extends Ruby on Rails to enable rapid development of integrated Semantic Web mash-ups. Web applications are mostly database driven. Developers design a database schema and then construct the application logic (which generates Web pages for user interaction) on top of the schema. These applications are centralized and rely on their own relational database, limiting the possibilities for data integration. Mash-ups (often called Web 2.0 applications) are an emerging Web development paradigm that combines functionality from different Web applications.

Keywords

relational databases; semantic Web; Web pages; application logic; data integration; database design; rapid development; relational database; semantic Web 2.0 applications; user interaction; Application software; Data structures; Object oriented modeling; Object oriented programming; Rails; Relational databases; Resource description framework; Semantic Web; Vocabulary; Web pages; Semantic Web; Web 2.0; development frameworks; mash-ups;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MS.2007.126

Filename

4302688