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New Dimension in Relational Database Preservation: Using Ontologies

New Dimension in Relational Database Preservation: Using Ontologies

Ricardo André Pereira Freitas, José Carlos Ramalho
Copyright: © 2013 |Pages: 14
ISBN13: 9781466626690|ISBN10: 1466626690|EISBN13: 9781466627000
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch009
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Freitas, Ricardo André Pereira, and José Carlos Ramalho. "New Dimension in Relational Database Preservation: Using Ontologies." Innovations in XML Applications and Metadata Management: Advancing Technologies, edited by José Carlos Ramalho, et al., IGI Global, 2013, pp. 160-173. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch009

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Freitas, R. A. & Ramalho, J. C. (2013). New Dimension in Relational Database Preservation: Using Ontologies. In J. Ramalho, A. Simões, & R. Queirós (Eds.), Innovations in XML Applications and Metadata Management: Advancing Technologies (pp. 160-173). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch009

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Freitas, Ricardo André Pereira, and José Carlos Ramalho. "New Dimension in Relational Database Preservation: Using Ontologies." In Innovations in XML Applications and Metadata Management: Advancing Technologies, edited by José Carlos Ramalho, Alberto Simões, and Ricardo Queirós, 160-173. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2013. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-4666-2669-0.ch009

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Abstract

Due to the expansion and growth of information technologies, much of human knowledge is now recorded on digital media. A new problem in the digital universe has arisen: Digital Preservation. This chapter addresses the problems of Digital Preservation and focuses on the conceptual model within a specific class of digital objects: Relational Databases. Previously, a neutral format was adopted to pursue the goal of platform independence and to achieve a standard format in the digital preservation of relational databases, both data and structure (logical model). The authors address the preservation of relational databases by focusing on the conceptual model of the database, considering the database semantics as an important preservation “property.” For the representation of this higher layer of abstraction present in databases, they use an ontology-based approach. At this higher abstraction level exists inherent Knowledge associated to the database semantics that the authors tentatively represent using “Web Ontology Language” (OWL). From the initial prototype, they develop a framework (supported by case studies) and establish a mapping algorithm for the conversion between databases and OWL. The ontology approach is adopted to formalize the knowledge associated to the conceptual model of the database and also a methodology to create an abstract representation of it. The system is based on the functional axes (ingestion, administration, dissemination, and preservation) of the OAIS reference model.

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