From keywords to semantic queries: Incremental query construction on the semantic web

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)166-176
Number of pages11
JournalJournal of Web Semantics
Volume7
Issue number3
Early online date5 Aug 2009
Publication statusPublished - Sept 2009

Abstract

Constructing semantic queries is a demanding task for human users, as it requires mastering a query language as well as the schema which has been used for storing the data. In this paper, we describe QUICK, a novel system for helping users to construct semantic queries in a given domain. QUICK combines the convenience of keyword search with the expressivity of semantic queries. Users start with a keyword query and then are guided through a process of incremental refinement steps to specify the query intention. We describe the overall design of QUICK, present the core algorithms to enable efficient query construction, and finally demonstrate the effectiveness of our system through an experimental study.

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    Keyword search, Query construction, Semantic web

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From keywords to semantic queries: Incremental query construction on the semantic web. / Zenz, Gideon; Zhou, Xuan; Minack, Enrico et al.
In: Journal of Web Semantics, Vol. 7, No. 3, 09.2009, p. 166-176.

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Zenz G, Zhou X, Minack E, Siberski W, Nejdl W. From keywords to semantic queries: Incremental query construction on the semantic web. Journal of Web Semantics. 2009 Sept;7(3):166-176. Epub 2009 Aug 5. doi: 10.1016/j.websem.2009.07.005
Zenz, Gideon ; Zhou, Xuan ; Minack, Enrico et al. / From keywords to semantic queries : Incremental query construction on the semantic web. In: Journal of Web Semantics. 2009 ; Vol. 7, No. 3. pp. 166-176.
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