Elena Paslaru Bontas, Lyndon J B Nixon, Robert Tolksdorf AG Netzbasierte Informationssysteme Institut für Informatik Freie Universität Berlin email: paslaru, nixon, tolk@inf.fu-berlin.de
Report B 05-14
August 2005
Abstract
In a previous technical report TR-B-04-11 we have introduced an extension of
XML-based tuplespaces for the Semantic Web. By applying a
tuplespace approach to the concurrent interaction of multiple
clients with distributed knowledge repositories, we foresee the
benefits of a simple yet powerful co-ordination model in which
parallel and distributed processes can be uncoupled in space and
time. The proposed system has been called Semantic Web Spaces and
is envisaged as acting as a middleware platform for real world
Semantic Web applications, in which
it can handle in place of the client the administration of
distributed data, co-ordination of multiple processes and
mediation between ontological representations. This technical
report outlines a conceptual model for Semantic Web Spaces. It
provides answers to the questions that arise when trying to
combine the Linda/tuplespace paradigm with the Semantic Web and
Semantic Web compatible knowledge representations. Considering the
sorts of extensions that can be made to Linda-based systems, we
identify those extensions which are required for an integration
with the Semantic Web. As a result, we can give a clearer overview
of how Semantic Web Spaces would be implemented and function. As a
complementary activity, we also provide in the separate technical
report TR-B-05-15 a concrete use case for applying Semantic Web Spaces to
realize ontology repositories.
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