Sig.Ma: Live Views on the Web of Data

• DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3199488
• Publication Date: 2018-07-18T15:49:31Z
• Authors: Giovanni Tummarello; Richard Cyganiak; Michele Catasta; Szymon Danielczyk; Renaud Delbru; Stefan Decker
• Keywords: entity consolidation; web of data; semantic search; 0202 electrical engineering, electronic engineering, information engineering; 02 engineering and technology

We present Sig.ma, both a service and an end user application to access the Web of Data as integrated information space. Sig.ma uses holistic approach in which large scale semantic indexing, logic reasoning, data aggregation heuristics, ad-hoc ontology consolidation, external services responsive interaction all play together create rich entity descriptions. These consolidated descriptions then form base for embeddable mashups, machine oriented well browsing services. Finally, we discuss Sig.ma's peculiar characteristics report on lessons learned ideas it inspires.