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Smart style: combining RDF semantics with XML document transformations

Authors:

Jacco Van Ossenbruggen,

Lloyd RutledgeAuthors Info & Claims

International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology, Volume 2, Issue 2/3

Pages 248 - 263

https://doi.org/10.1504/IJWET.2005.008486

Published: 01 December 2005 Publication History

Abstract

'Document Web' (XML-based) and 'Semantic Web' (RDF-based) methods are often surprisingly hard to integrate. In this paper, we analyse the role of (RDF) semantics in selecting, structuring and styling (XML) content. We use our analysis to derive a more integrated alternative, based on an XSLT extension that allows direct semantic queries from within an XSLT transformation.

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Rutledge LBrenninkmeijer TZwanenberg THeijning JMekkering ATheunissen JBos R(2013)From Ontology to Semantic Wiki --- Designing Annotation and Browse Interfaces for Given OntologiesRevised Selected and Invited Papers of the International Workshop on Semantic Web Collaborative Spaces - Volume 950710.1007/978-3-319-32667-2_4(53-72)Online publication date: 27-May-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-319-32667-2_4

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Smart style: combining RDF semantics with XML document transformations
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International Journal of Web Engineering and Technology Volume 2, Issue 2/3

December 2005

139 pages

ISSN:1476-1289

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Rutledge LBrenninkmeijer TZwanenberg THeijning JMekkering ATheunissen JBos R(2013)From Ontology to Semantic Wiki --- Designing Annotation and Browse Interfaces for Given OntologiesRevised Selected and Invited Papers of the International Workshop on Semantic Web Collaborative Spaces - Volume 950710.1007/978-3-319-32667-2_4(53-72)Online publication date: 27-May-2013
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/978-3-319-32667-2_4

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