Defining Key Semantics for the Semantic Web : a Theoretical View

Many techniques were recently proposed to automate the linkage of RDF data sources on the Web. Predicate selection is the step of the linkage process that consists in selecting the smallest set of relevant predicates needed to enable instance comparison. We call keys this predicates set similar to the notion of keys in relational databases. We explore and explain formally the different assumptions behind various key semantics.

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Source https://inria.hal.science/hal-00915798
Author Chein, Michel, Croitoru, Madalina, Leclère, Michel, Pernelle, Nathalie, Saïs, Fatiha, Symeonidou, Danai
Maintainer CCSD
Last Updated May 7, 2026, 21:44 (UTC)
Created May 7, 2026, 21:44 (UTC)
Identifier hal-00915798
Language en
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contributor Graphs for Inferences on Knowledge (GRAPHIK) ; Laboratoire d'Informatique de Robotique et de Microélectronique de Montpellier (LIRMM) ; Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Montpellier (UM)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Centre Inria d'Université Côte d'Azur ; Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)-Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (Inria)
creator Chein, Michel
date 2013-12-09T00:00:00
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