Network configuration with RDF

bullet1 About RDF

bullet2 RDF Inference

RDF supports general-purpose inference tools

  • General-purpose tools can combine and augment RDF information
  • Inference capabilities are not built in to RDF
  • The uniform structure and formal semantics of RDF provide a basis for generalized  inference
  • This example is based on Cwm [1] software by Tim Berners-Lee
  • Many researchers have devloped other tools:
    • Euler [2]
    • Sesame [3]
    • Wilbur [4]
    • Jena [5]
    • ... and many more [6]

[1] http://www.w3.org/2000/10/swap/doc/cwm

[2] Euler: http://www.agfa.com/w3c/euler/

[3] Sesame: http://sesame.aidministrator.nl/

[4] Wilbur: http://wilbur-rdf.sourceforge.net/

[5] Jena: http://www.hpl.hp.com/semweb/jena.htm

[6] Dave Beckett's RDF resource page: http://www.ilrt.bristol.ac.uk/discovery/rdf/resources/


bullet3 Input

Sample input to inference rule:

bullet3 Rule

Sample inference rule:

bullet3 Result

Result of applying inference rule to input sample: