2004 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
GridVine: Building Internet-Scale Semantic Overlay Networks
Authors : Karl Aberer, Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, Manfred Hauswirth, Tim Van Pelt
Published in: The Semantic Web – ISWC 2004
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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This paper addresses the problem of building scalable semantic overlay networks. Our approach follows the principle of data independence by separating a logical layer, the semantic overlay for managing and mapping data and metadata schemas, from a physical layer consisting of a structured peer-to-peer overlay network for efficient routing of messages. The physical layer is used to implement various functions at the logical layer, including attribute-based search, schema management and schema mapping management. The separation of a physical from a logical layer allows us to process logical operations in the semantic overlay using different physical execution strategies. In particular we identify iterative and recursive strategies for the traversal of semantic overlay networks as two important alternatives. At the logical layer we support semantic interoperability through schema inheritance and Semantic Gossiping. Thus our system provides a complete solution to the implementation of semantic overlay networks supporting both scalability and interoperability.