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2018/09/17
Learning outcomes
After the completion of this theme, you need to be able to
discuss the following concepts:
• Understand how and why we do encoding.
• Discuss the aims and advantages of encoding.
• Discuss the four types of encoding standards.
• Discuss and provide examples of the following concepts:
RDF, Semantic Web, IBA, ISA, Ontologies and OWL.
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9.1 How and why do we encode surrogate
records for machine manipulation?
Encoding = providing the syntax of the metadata
(Syntax = the grammatical arrangement of words in a
language)
• When you submitted the form, the application would ask you
for more information and store your ID and the information
in an RDF file made available to the web.
• The RDF file would contain information like: Your ID: Name,
address, email, ID number.
• Your selling item: type, model, picture, price, description
Behind the scenes
• Behind the scenes, the "ISA" application creates an RDF file
with a lot of RDF pointers.
• It creates an RDF pointer to a file with information about you,
an RDF pointer to information about Volvo and Volvo models,
an RDF pointer to Volvo dealers and resellers, about parts,
about prices, and much more.
• An RDF pointer is a pointer (actually an URL) to information
about things (like a knowledge database).
• The beauty about this is that you don't have to
• describe yourself, or the car model. The RDF application will
sort it out for you.
Behind the scenes (cont…)
• However, remember that the semantic web cannot work all
by itself. The “ISA‟and “IBA” applications above will have to
be developed by someone. Someone will have to build a
search engine database for all the items, and someone will
have to develop a standard for it.