A query formulation language for the data web

IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 783-798

  Jarrar, Mustafa ^a   Dikaiakos, Marios D ^b  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CYPRUS   (Cyprus)

Author keywords

indexing methods.; Query formulation; RDF and SPARQL; semantic data web

Indexed keywords

DATA SETS; DATA SOURCE; DATA WEB; FIREFOX; INDEXING METHODS; INDEXING TECHNIQUES; IT SKILLS; MASH UP; OFFLINE; PRIOR KNOWLEDGE; QUERY FORMULATION; RDF AND SPARQL; RELATIONAL DATABASE; STRUCTURED DATA; TECHNICAL DETAILS; USER INTERACTION; WEB FEEDS;

INDEXING (OF INFORMATION); SEMANTICS; WEB BROWSERS;

SEMANTIC WEB;

EID: 84859707947     PISSN: 10414347     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TKDE.2011.41     Document Type: Article

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