Semantic Interoperability on the Web

Abstract

XML will have a profound impact on the way data is exchanged on the Internet. An important feature of this language is the separation of content from presentation, which makes it easier to select and/or reformat the data. However, due to the likelihood of numerous industry and domain specific DTDs, those who wish to integrate information will still be faced with the problem of semantic interoperability. In this paper we discuss why this problem is not solved by XML, and then discuss why the Resource Description Framework is only a partial solution. We then present the SHOE language, which we feel has many of the features necessary to enable a semantic web, and describe an existing set of tools that make it easy to use the language.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2000
Accession Number
ADA440535

Entities

People

  • James Hendler
  • Jeff Heflin

Organizations

  • University of Maryland

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Computer Languages
  • Computer Science
  • Computers
  • Electronic Mail
  • Information Systems
  • Internet
  • Interoperability
  • Language
  • Markup Languages
  • Military Research
  • Ontologies
  • Standards
  • Web Browsers
  • Websites
  • World Wide Web
  • Xml

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Database Systems and Applications