Map-On: A web-based editor for visual ontology mapping

Article type: Research Article

Authors: Sicilia, Álvaro^{a; *} | Nemirovski, German^b | Nolle, Andreas^b

Affiliations: [a] ARC Enginyeria i Arquitectura La Salle, Universitat Ramon Llull, Barcelona, Spain. E-mail: asicilia@salleurl.edu | [b] Business and Computer Science, Albstadt-Sigmaringen-University of Applied Sciences, Albstadt, Germany. E-mails: nemirovskij@hs-albsig.de, nolle@hs-albsig.de

Correspondence: [*] Corresponding author. E-mail: asicilia@salleurl.edu.

Abstract: This paper presents Map-On, a web-based editor for visual ontology mapping developed by the Architecture, Representation and Computation research group of La Salle, Ramon Llull University. The Map-On editor provides a graphical environment for the ontology mapping creation using an interactive graph layout. A point-and-click interface simplifies the mapping creation process. The editor automatically generates a R2RML document based on user inputs, particularly producing IRI patterns and SQL queries. It has been used in real scenarios alleviating the effort of coding R2RML statements which is one of the main barriers for adopting R2RML in research and in the industry.

Keywords: Ontology mapping editor, semantic data integration, OBDA, mapping visualization, R2RML

DOI: 10.3233/SW-160246

Journal: Semantic Web, vol. 8, no. 6, pp. 969-980, 2017