Generic Multilevel Approach Designing Domain Ontologies Based on XML Schemas

Workshop on Semantic Statistics

12.09.2011 – 16.09.2011

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 (TK)XML Schemas

Domain Ontology

External Ontologies

XML Document Instances Generated Ontologies (AK)

XML Schema Metamodel XML Schema MetamodelOntology

map

⊑

instanceOf

instanceOf

map

[XSLT]

map

[XSLT]

instanceOf

(DDI 2.1, 2.5, 3.0, 3.1, …)

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Generated Ontologies (TK)XML Schemas

Domain Ontology

External Ontologies

XML Document Instances Generated Ontologies (AK)

XML Schema Metamodel XML Schema MetamodelOntology

map

⊑

instanceOf

instanceOf

map

[XSLT]

map

[XSLT]

instanceOf

(DDI 2.1, 2.5, 3.0, 3.1, …)

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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>

valueXML

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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>

valueXML

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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>

valueXML

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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>

valueXML

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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>

valueXML

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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>

valueXML

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

valueXSD

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Generated Ontologies (TK)XML Schemas

Domain Ontology

External Ontologies

XML Document Instances Generated Ontologies (AK)

XML Schema Metamodel XML Schema MetamodelOntology

map

⊑

instanceOf

instanceOf

map

[XSLT]

map

[XSLT]

instanceOf

(DDI 2.1, 2.5, 3.0, 3.1, …)

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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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texts contained in element information items

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

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

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values of attributes 'type' and 'base'

<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 (TK)XML Schemas

Domain Ontology

External Ontologies

XML Document Instances Generated Ontologies (AK)

XML Schema Metamodel XML Schema MetamodelOntology

map

⊑

instanceOf

instanceOf

map

[XSLT]

map

[XSLT]

instanceOf

XPath (DDI 2.1, 2.5, 3.0, 3.1, …)

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<VariableName … lang="en“ translated="true“ translatable="true"> …</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 (TK)XML Schemas

Domain Ontology

External Ontologies

XML Document Instances Generated Ontologies (AK)

XML Schema Metamodel XML Schema MetamodelOntology

map

⊑

instanceOf

instanceOf

map

[XSLT]

map

[XSLT]

instanceOf

http://ddiandsemanticweb.blogspot.com

(DDI 2.1, 2.5, 3.0, 3.1, …)