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Mapping Process of Relational Data to OWL Class Instances using XSLT

by Abderrahim Marzouk
International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 75 - Number 2
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: Abderrahim Marzouk
10.5120/13087-0354

Abderrahim Marzouk . Mapping Process of Relational Data to OWL Class Instances using XSLT. International Journal of Computer Applications. 75, 2 ( August 2013), 53-57. DOI=10.5120/13087-0354

@article{ 10.5120/13087-0354,
author = { Abderrahim Marzouk },
title = { Mapping Process of Relational Data to OWL Class Instances using XSLT },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { August 2013 },
volume = { 75 },
number = { 2 },
month = { August },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 53-57 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume75/number2/13087-0354/ },
doi = { 10.5120/13087-0354 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
}
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Abstract

Ontologies are widely used in many domains and evolve as domains change [7]. From the other side, the relational database technology has ensured the best facilities for storing, updating and manipulating the information of problem domain. We propose in this paper a transformation process from existing data in relational databases into OWL class instances using XSLT. This process allows us to mapping some constraints on columns such as foreign key while maintaining semantic constraints. Our approach start by translate the relational data into adequate XML document conforming to a suitable XML schema. Since our process is based on XSLT Stylesheets, its transformation rules can be modified in a very flexible manner in order to consider different mapping strategies and future requirements.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Relational databases XML XSD XSLT and OWL class instances