Generic Multilevel Approach Designing Domain Ontologies Based on XML Schemas

International Semantic Web ConferenceOntologies come of Age in the Semantic Web

24.10.2011

Thomas Bosch(research associate, GESIS Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

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Agenda

• Generic Multilevel Approach Designing Domain Ontologies Based on XML Schemas

• Take-aways and Discussion

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Generated Ontologies (OWL)XML Schemas

External Ontologies

Domain Ontologies (OWL)

XML Document Instances Generated Ontologies (RDF)

XML Schema Metamodel XML Schema MetamodelOntology

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Generated Ontologies (OWL)XML Schemas

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<attribute default = string fixed = string form = (qualified | unqualified) id = ID name = NCName ref = QName type = QName use = (optional | prohibited| required) : optional {any attributes with non-schema namespace }> Content: (annotation?, simpleType?)</attribute>

value

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<attribute default = string fixed = string form = (qualified | unqualified) id = ID name = NCName ref = QName type = QName use = (optional | prohibited| required) : optional {any attributes with non-schema namespace }> Content: (annotation?, simpleType?)</attribute>

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<attribute default = string fixed = string form = (qualified | unqualified) id = ID name = NCName ref = QName type = QName use = (optional | prohibited| required) : optional {any attributes with non-schema namespace }> Content: (annotation?, simpleType?)</attribute>

value

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<attribute default = string fixed = string form = (qualified | unqualified) id = ID name = NCName ref = QName type = QName use = (optional | prohibited| required) : optional {any attributes with non-schema namespace }> Content: (annotation?, simpleType?)</attribute>

value

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<attribute default = string fixed = string form = (qualified | unqualified) id = ID name = NCName ref = QName type = QName use = (optional | prohibited| required) : optional {any attributes with non-schema namespace }> Content: (annotation?, simpleType?)</attribute>

value

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<attribute default = string fixed = string form = (qualified | unqualified) id = ID name = NCName ref = QName type = QName use = (optional | prohibited| required) : optional {any attributes with non-schema namespace }> Content: (annotation?, simpleType?)</attribute>

value

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<documentation source = anyURI xml:lang = language {any attributes with non-schema namespace . . .}> Content: ({any})*</documentation>

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Generated Ontologies (OWL)XML Schemas

External Ontologies

Domain Ontologies (OWL)

XML Document Instances Generated Ontologies (RDF)

XML Schema Metamodel XML Schema MetamodelOntology

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instanceOf

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element information items

<xs:complexType name="InternationalStringType"> <xs:annotation>...</xs:annotation> <xs:simpleContent>...</xs:simpleContent></xs:complexType>

InternationalStringType ComplexType⊑

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values of element information items' attributes

<xs:complexType name="InternationalStringType"> <xs:annotation>...</xs:annotation> <xs:simpleContent>...</xs:simpleContent></xs:complexType>

InternationalStringType ⊑ name_ComplexType_String . {'InternationalStringType'}

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element information items' part-of relationships

<xs:complexType name="InternationalStringType"> <xs:annotation>...</xs:annotation> <xs:simpleContent>...</xs:simpleContent></xs:complexType>

InternationalStringType ⊑ contains_ComplexType_Annotation . Annotation1…

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any well-formed XML content of Appinfo|Documentation

<xs:annotation> <xs:documentation> Allows for marking-up strings... </xs:documentation></xs:annotation>

Documentation1… ⊑ any_Documentation_String . {'Allows for marking-up strings…'}

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values of attributes 'type', 'base', and 'memberTypes'

<xs:extension base="xs:string"> <xs:attribute ...>...</xs:attribute> <xs:attribute ...>...</xs:attribute> <xs:attribute ...>...</xs:attribute></xs:extension>

Extension1… ⊑ base_Extension_Type . String

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element information items' part-of relationships

<xs:extension base="xs:string"> <xs:attribute ...>...</xs:attribute> <xs:attribute ...>...</xs:attribute> <xs:attribute ...>...</xs:attribute></xs:extension>

Extension1… ⊑ contains_Extension_Attribute . (Lang-Reference… Translated… Translatable…)⊔ ⊔

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values of element information items' attributes referring to element information items

<xs:attribute ref="xml:lang"> <xs:annotation>...</xs:annotation></xs:attribute>

Lang-Reference… ⊑ ref_Attribute_Attribute . Lang

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Generated Ontologies (OWL)XML Schemas

External Ontologies

Domain Ontologies (OWL)

XML Document Instances Generated Ontologies (RDF)

XML Schema Metamodel XML Schema MetamodelOntology

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instanceOf

instanceOf

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<VariableName … lang="en"> gender

</VariableName>

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Agenda

• Generic Multilevel Approach Designing Domain Ontologies Based on XML Schemas

• Take-aways and Discussion

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Generated Ontologies (OWL)XML Schemas

External Ontologies

Domain Ontologies (OWL)

XML Document Instances Generated Ontologies (RDF)

XML Schema Metamodel XML Schema MetamodelOntology

map

⊑

instanceOf

instanceOf

map

[XSLT]

map

[XSLT]

instanceOf

Domain Ontologies (RDF)

instanceOf

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