SPECIALIZING RDFS : SEE ALSO IN SEMANTIC WEB

One of the principles of Web of Data is linking resources to related ones. The rdfs:seeAlso link plays animportant role in interlinking datasets and web resources.W3C defines rdfs:seeAlso to provide additionalinformation about subject resources by interlinking datasets. This definition is general and can havevarious interpretations and implementations. In this paper, we tackle the problem of specializing therdfs:seeAlso link by identifying more specific definitions and patterns that can assist individuals andorganization in recognizing the target web resources that provide additional information about the subjectresource. We investigate this problem in information retrieval applications and specify the desired patternsby probing databases that traditionally use seeAlso in their structure and referencing system. Thestructure of described databases and systems are similar to the structure of Web of Data. The providedusages of seeAlso show that many of the explained patterns are common that can be applied in Web ofData. We have conducted an empirical study to analyse the comprehensiveness of several patterns intraditional web. The results show that the investigated patterns constitute a significant portion of seeAlsousages.