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GeoS 2009: GeoSpatial Semantics pp 140–158Cite as

SPARQL Query Re-writing Using Partonomy Based Transformation Rules

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Abstract

Often the information present in a spatial knowledge base is represented at a different level of granularity and abstraction than the query constraints. For querying ontology’s containing spatial information, the precise relationships between spatial entities has to be specified in the basic graph pattern of SPARQL query which can result in long and complex queries. We present a novel approach to help users intuitively write SPARQL queries to query spatial data, rather than relying on knowledge of the ontology structure. Our framework re-writes queries, using transformation rules to exploit part-whole relations between geographical entities to address the mismatches between query constraints and knowledge base. Our experiments were performed on completely third party datasets and queries. Evaluations were performed on Geonames dataset using questions from National Geographic Bee serialized into SPARQL and British Administrative Geography Ontology using questions from a popular trivia website. These experiments demonstrate high precision in retrieval of results and ease in writing queries.

Keywords

  • Geospatial Semantic Web
  • Spatial Query Processing
  • SPARQL
  • Query Re-writing
  • Partonomy
  • Transformation Rules
  • Spatial information retrieval

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  1. Kno.e.sis, Computer Science Department, Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA

    Prateek Jain, Cory A. Henson & Amit P. Sheth

  2. Accenture Technology Labs, San Jose, CA, USA

    Peter Z. Yeh & Kunal Verma

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  1. Department of Geography, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, 16802, PA, USA

    Krzysztof Janowicz

  2. Department of Geography, University of California, Santa Barbara, 93106, CA, USA

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  3. Centro de Investigacion en Computacion, National Polytechnic Institute, 07738, Mexico City, Mexico

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Jain, P., Yeh, P.Z., Verma, K., Henson, C.A., Sheth, A.P. (2009). SPARQL Query Re-writing Using Partonomy Based Transformation Rules. In: Janowicz, K., Raubal, M., Levashkin, S. (eds) GeoSpatial Semantics. GeoS 2009. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 5892. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-10436-7_9

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