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db4OWL: An Alternative Approach to Organizing and Storing Semantic Data
November/December 2009 (vol. 13 no. 6)
pp. 48-55
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Alexandros Batzios, Pericles A. Mitkas, "db4OWL: An Alternative Approach to Organizing and Storing Semantic Data," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 48-55, November/December, 2009.
 
 
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@article{ 10.1109/MIC.2009.126,
author = {Alexandros Batzios and Pericles A. Mitkas},
title = {db4OWL: An Alternative Approach to Organizing and Storing Semantic Data},
journal ={IEEE Internet Computing},
volume = {13},
number = {6},
issn = {1089-7801},
year = {2009},
pages = {48-55},
doi = {http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/MIC.2009.126},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Los Alamitos, CA, USA},
}
 
 
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JO - IEEE Internet Computing
TI - db4OWL: An Alternative Approach to Organizing and Storing Semantic Data
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A1 - Pericles A. Mitkas,
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KW - semantic storage
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Alexandros Batzios, Philips Applied Technologies
Pericles A. Mitkas, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Greece
The complex structure of semantic data still poses a challenge in storing, querying, and organizing Web information. Although researchers have proposed various semantic database system approaches over the years, it seems that most systems have tried to provide industrial-strength scalability too soon. Consequently, most semantic databases still rely on the relational model of storing data and still use SQL-like query languages for data retrieval. The db4OWL semantic database prototype addresses many of the shortcomings of current systems and features native OWL-querying as well as the ability to store and query multiple ontologies concurrently.

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Index Terms:
semantic storage, semantic database, RDF, OWL database, OWL querying
Citation:
Alexandros Batzios, Pericles A. Mitkas, "db4OWL: An Alternative Approach to Organizing and Storing Semantic Data," IEEE Internet Computing, vol. 13, no. 6, pp. 48-55, Nov.-Dec. 2009, doi:10.1109/MIC.2009.126
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