Information Integration Intelligence with TopBraid Suite

SemTech, San Jose, 2008-05-21

Holger Knublauch

holger@topquadrant.comhttp://www.topquadrant.com

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About Myself

• Computer Scientist (PhD, 2002)• 2003-05 Post-Doc at Stanford

– Lead developer of Protégé-OWL

• 2006-now TopQuadrant, Inc.– VP, Product Development– Lead developer of TopBraid Suite

http://www.knublauch.com

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Information Integration Intelligence

• Heterogeneous data and schemas– Databases– Spreadsheet files– XML files– Newsfeeds– Online resources (HTML, GRDDL, RDFa)– Web services and data endpoints

• How to get integrated views to support business intelligence?

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Why Semantic Technology

• Class and property definitions (RDFS)

• Open architecture (URIs, triples, etc)

• Designed for linking (sameAs etc)

• Schema reuse (subClassOf etc)

• Explicit definitions of “semantics” (DL)

• Self-describing data (generic tools, discovery, schema evolution)

• Cross-schema querying (SPARQL)

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Outline

• Overview of TopBraid Suite

• Example/Demo:Information Integration Solution

• Preview: Upcoming new features

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TopBraid Feature Categories

Import(Legacy data, SemWeb data)

Processing(Editing, querying, transforming)

Export(Converting, browsing, visualizing)

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TopBraid SuiteSupporting the Complete Semantic Application Lifecycle

Application Deployment Platform

Collaborative Information Management

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(Ontology Modeling Tool

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TopBraid ComposerOntology Modeling Tool

Standards based, Semantic Web native - W3C standards

- Eclipse open architecture

Ontology modeling tool- RDF/S, OWL, SPARQL, Rules

Scalable database back-ends - Oracle 11g, Franz AllegroGraph, Sesame 1&2, Jena

Import of other (legacy) data formats- XML, HTML, RSS, Atom, relational DBs, text files, Excel, email

Configurable inferencing & refactoring Share & manage multiple projects & ontologies

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TopBraid Composer - Screenshot

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TopBraid Composer – Maestro Edition

TopBraid Composer Ontology Modeling tool

Integrated Server Semantic Server Pages XML Round-tripping Email Import BIRT Report Generator Supports SPARQLMotion™

SPARQLMotion : First visual scripting language for the Semantic Web

Non-programmers create data processing pipelines for information integration

Built for & with Semantic Web technology

• RDF, OWL, SPARQL Importing

• XML, HTML, RDF, RSS, Atom, Databases, Text Files, Excel, Emails

Processing• Merging, transforming and filtering

data• Applying rules, text processing, data

conversion Exporting

• Files, Spreadsheets, Maps, Calendars, Send emails, Databases

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TopBraid Composer Maestro Edition - Screenshot

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TopBraid LiveApplication Deployment Platform

Client/Server Platform W3C Standards based Semantic Web native Open, pluggable architecture Client-Side Flash API for RDF Reusable RIA components

- Map, Calendar- Complete BIRT report generator- Forms, Trees, SPARQL viewer, Graphs

Highly scalable - Choice of database back-ends- Incorporates dynamic information from distributed sources

RSS feeds, RDFa, GRDDL, Databases, Spreadsheets, Fine-tuned control over selection of inference

strategy Seamless integration with TopBraid Composer

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TopBraid EnsembleCollaborative Information Management

Multi-user semantic web application Collaborative information management Rich Internet Application user interface Dynamic ontology-driven forms Flexible access rights control, Change tracking Pre-configured ‘out of the box’ functionality Extensible, customizable with other UI widgets

- Calendar View

- Map View

- Matrix View

- Charts & Reports generated through BIRT Server

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TopBraid Ensemble - Screenshot

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TopBraid Suite

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Database Import

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Creating an Ontology

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Creating an Ontology

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Schema Mapping

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Converted Issues

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TopBraid Ensemble

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Customized TBE