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Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
Advanced Intelligent Services Advanced Intelligent Services for Cities with Cultural Heritage for Cities with Cultural Heritage
InstitutionsInstitutions
G. Hopmans, P. Braspenning, G. Hopmans, P. Braspenning, P. Kruijsen (speaker)P. Kruijsen (speaker)
University Maastricht,University Maastricht,Communications Research & SemioticsCommunications Research & Semiotics
Barcelona, February 8Barcelona, February 8thth 2003 2003
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
I-MASS introductionI-MASS introduction
• IST-funded FP5 project (1999-20878)IST-funded FP5 project (1999-20878)– Start January 2001, Finish March 2004Start January 2001, Finish March 2004
• Partners: 3 universities, software Partners: 3 universities, software house, publisher, 7 content-providershouse, publisher, 7 content-providers
• Goals: Provide possibilities to solve Goals: Provide possibilities to solve interoperability of contentinteroperability of content
• 3 prototypes: syntactic 3 prototypes: syntactic interoperability, user interface, interoperability, user interface, semantic interoperabilitysemantic interoperability
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
Place of I-MASS Place of I-MASS
• Digital Heritage and Cultural ContentDigital Heritage and Cultural Content (one (one of the five main areas for research and of the five main areas for research and technological development under technological development under Multimedia Content and Tools - Key Action Multimedia Content and Tools - Key Action IIIIII
• Technologies and Engineering for Technologies and Engineering for Software, Systems and Services (TESSS)Software, Systems and Services (TESSS) is part of the program Essential is part of the program Essential Technologies and Infrastructures - Key Technologies and Infrastructures - Key Action Action IVIV
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
Interoperability of contentInteroperability of content
• I-MASS deals with diverse content throughout I-MASS deals with diverse content throughout various heterogeneous systemsvarious heterogeneous systems
• This content is to be provided uniform from a This content is to be provided uniform from a user’s point of view, this is done in three steps:user’s point of view, this is done in three steps:– From data source to RDFFrom data source to RDF– From local standard to global schemaFrom local standard to global schema– Towards full semantic interoperabilityTowards full semantic interoperability
• It uses local (PICA) and global (AAT, DC, It uses local (PICA) and global (AAT, DC, CIDOC) standards from heritage institutionsCIDOC) standards from heritage institutions
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
RDF
O.O.KRL
XML
Interoperability between
Applications
W3C Semantic Web
Interoperability of Content
(single application)
IMASS
RDF Schema
DAML-OIL
DAML-L
XML
RDF
Unicode
TOOLS
Data
Information
Knowledge & Reasoning
(AI)
Interoperability?Interoperability?
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
ArchitectureArchitecture
• First prototype (focus on local sources)First prototype (focus on local sources)– Local agents map from database schema to conceptual Local agents map from database schema to conceptual
schemaschema– Uses RQL: a declarative language to query both RDF Uses RQL: a declarative language to query both RDF
descriptions and schemasdescriptions and schemas• Second prototype (focus on interoperability of Second prototype (focus on interoperability of
containers)containers)– Local agents communicate with agents using global schemas Local agents communicate with agents using global schemas
(such as CIDOC-CRM) translating between them(such as CIDOC-CRM) translating between them– Introduces a first version of the graphical user interfaceIntroduces a first version of the graphical user interface
• Third prototype (focus on semantic interoperability)Third prototype (focus on semantic interoperability)– Utilizes the virtual reference room including reference works Utilizes the virtual reference room including reference works
like dictionaries and thesaurilike dictionaries and thesauri– Using these, agents cooperate in achieving semantic Using these, agents cooperate in achieving semantic
operabilityoperability
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
INCA-COMINCA-COM
• INCA stands for INtelligent CASE (computer INCA stands for INtelligent CASE (computer aided software engineering)aided software engineering)
• INCA-COM defines a Conceptual Object Model INCA-COM defines a Conceptual Object Model to provide a descriptional representation to provide a descriptional representation formalismformalism
• Basic concepts: intances, sorts and descriptorsBasic concepts: intances, sorts and descriptors• Organisational structures: sort hierarchy & Organisational structures: sort hierarchy &
part-whole hierarchypart-whole hierarchy• Posibility of an object hierarchy without a Posibility of an object hierarchy without a
common top-node common top-node multiple hierarchies multiple hierarchies
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
INCA-COMINCA-COM
• Object has an existence Object has an existence independent of descriptionindependent of description
• Every object is classified with Every object is classified with one or more sortsone or more sorts
• In principle sorts have an In principle sorts have an inten-sionalinten-sional and and extensionalextensional des-cription, des-cription, describing respectivelydescribing respectively– meaningmeaning of the sort, and of the sort, and– membershipmembership of object instances of object instances
In tens ional
Ins tanc e
Ins tanc e of
T hes aurus
AAT
Referenc e w ork
Extens ional
M eta S or t
Ins tanc e of
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
INCA-editorINCA-editor
• Editor to model cultural domainEditor to model cultural domain• Maintain the knowledge Maintain the knowledge
landscapelandscape• Available online through web-Available online through web-
interfaceinterface– http://www.crs.unimaas.nl/i-mass/kl/http://www.crs.unimaas.nl/i-mass/kl/
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
INCA-editorINCA-editor
• Advances functionalities:Advances functionalities:– Reification of sortsReification of sorts– Reifications of descriptorsReifications of descriptors– Output in various formatsOutput in various formats
• INCA-COMINCA-COM• XMLXML• RDFRDF• … … (topic maps, ontology)(topic maps, ontology)
Show INCA-COM editor here
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
ResearchResearch
• Content interoperabilityContent interoperability• Agent Technology. Agent support by the use of reference Agent Technology. Agent support by the use of reference
works and different knowledge levels:works and different knowledge levels:1.1. Concepts & termConcepts & term access Classification systemaccess Classification system2.2. Concepts & definitionsConcepts & definitions access Dictionariesaccess Dictionaries3.3. Concepts & explanationsConcepts & explanations access Encyclopediasaccess Encyclopedias4.4. TitlesTitles access Bibliographyaccess Bibliography5.5. Partial ContentPartial Content access abstract, indexaccess abstract, index6.6. Full ContentFull Content access Objects: paintings, booksaccess Objects: paintings, books
• The additional value of I-MASS is the use of Reference The additional value of I-MASS is the use of Reference Works.Works.
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
Related projectsRelated projects
• Budapest Library project, MTA SZTAKIBudapest Library project, MTA SZTAKI• Te.S.C.He.t: Cultural Heritage in Tourism, Te.S.C.He.t: Cultural Heritage in Tourism,
RDF (-Schema)RDF (-Schema)• OntoWeb, the ontologies & content OntoWeb, the ontologies & content
standardsstandards
Not (really) agent based:Not (really) agent based:• Harmony projectHarmony project• ICS-Forth, C-Web: Ontology Design, ICS-Forth, C-Web: Ontology Design,
Managing RDF metadataManaging RDF metadata
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
Future perspectivesFuture perspectives
• Accessing more and more services in the future for Accessing more and more services in the future for Maastricht : hotels, restaurants, traffic, travel information, Maastricht : hotels, restaurants, traffic, travel information, theatre, cinema, banking rebuilding activitiestheatre, cinema, banking rebuilding activities
• Question: “What (information) services about Question: “What (information) services about CitiesCities are are missing?missing?
: Landmarks & Citymarks like churches: Landmarks & Citymarks like churches
• And MuseumsAnd Museums • And LibrariesAnd Libraries
Information MAnagement and interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high volume data repositories through multi agents Systems
I-MASS summaryI-MASS summary
• Information Management and Information Management and interoperability of content for interoperability of content for distributed Systems of high distributed Systems of high volume data repositories volume data repositories through multi agent Systemsthrough multi agent Systems
• IST FP5 1999-20878IST FP5 1999-20878• January 2001 – March 2004January 2001 – March 2004
• http://www.i-massweb.orghttp://www.i-massweb.org
• INCA-editorINCA-editor– http://www.crs.unimaas.nl/http://www.crs.unimaas.nl/
i-mass/kl/i-mass/kl/
• Project consortium:Project consortium:– University MaastrichtUniversity Maastricht– University SienaUniversity Siena– University ViennaUniversity Vienna– Engineering Ingegneria Engineering Ingegneria
InformaticaInformatica– Giunti interactive labsGiunti interactive labs– Scuola normale superioreScuola normale superiore– Instituto e museo di storia Instituto e museo di storia
della scienzadella scienza– C.I.S.A. Andrea PalladioC.I.S.A. Andrea Palladio– Monumentenhuis LimburgMonumentenhuis Limburg– Gallo-Romeins museumGallo-Romeins museum– Limburgs museumLimburgs museum– Centre CeramiqueCentre Ceramique