- From: Thomas Bandholtz <thomas.bandholtz@innoq.com>
- Date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 16:57:33 +0200
- To: "Tudhope D S (AT)" <dstudhope@glam.ac.uk>
- CC: public-esw-thes@w3.org, public-swd-wg@w3.org, NKOS-L@OCLC.ORG
This surely is a valuable contribution. However - I wonder if the 2004 SOAP API of SKOS is well aligned with current SemWeb. Shouldn't it be RESTful to fit into e.g. LinkingOpenData? http://esw.w3.org/topic/SweoIG/TaskForces/CommunityProjects/LinkingOpenData See "How to publish Linked Data on the Web" http://www4.wiwiss.fu-berlin.de/bizer/pub/LinkedDataTutorial/ Thomas http://www.semantic-network.de/home.html?lang=en (which supports a SOAP API as well, and not even SKOS, but we'll be working on this) Tudhope D S (AT) schrieb: > The STAR project has developed a pilot set of semantic web services, > based upon the SKOS Core data model for thesauri and related knowledge > organization systems. The services provide term look up in vocabularies > known to the system, browsing and semantic concept expansion. Details > can be found at > http://hypermedia.research.glam.ac.uk/kos/terminology_services/ > > > > The service is based on a subset of the SWAD Europe SKOS API with > extensions for concept expansion. The service currently consists of 7 > function calls, which could be integrated into a textual or metadata > based search system. > > The services currently provide term look up across the thesauri held in > the system, along with browsing and semantic concept expansion within a > chosen thesaurus. This allows search to be augmented by SKOS-based > vocabulary and semantic resources (assuming the services are used in > conjunction with a search system). > > Users may browse a concept space to explore and become familiar with > specialist terminology or as part of a broader application. A query is > often expressed at a different level of generalisation from document > content or metadata, or may employ a slightly different semantic > perspective. In combination with a search system, the services allow > queries to be expanded (automatically or interactively) by synonyms or > by expansion over the SKOS semantic relationships. Expansion is based on > a measure of ‘semantic closeness’. > > Anyone interested is welcome to inspect the API or download a client > demonstrator, which is currently configured to operate with a subset of > English Heritage thesauri. We're keen to receive any feedback or > suggestions. It's intended as an pilot demonstrator of core > functionality rather than any final user interface. It should install > and run automatically (after one or two initial questions). > > > > A WSDL file and service description are available. The work is ongoing > and we welcome any feedback or interest in collaboration on developing > an API to support a rich range of SKOS use cases. > > > > Doug > > > > > Douglas Tudhope > Professor, Faculty of Advanced Technology > University of Glamorgan > Pontypridd CF37 1DL > Wales, UK > Tel +44 (0) 1443-483609 > Fax +44 (0) 1443-482715 > dstudhope@glam.ac.uk <mailto:dstudhope@glam.ac.uk> > http://hypermedia.research.glam.ac.uk/people/tudhope/ > Editor : The New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia >
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