The DODA Ontology: Lightweight Integration of Semantic Data Access Technologies

Over the years, a number of studies and practical efforts have proposed technologies to retrieve, publish, cooperatively edit, lookup and query RDF models. Also, other studies and practices have shown that standard communication channels, e.g. e-mail, RSS and IM, can be successfully used in Semantic Web scenarios. In this paper we collectively refer to such technologies as “Semantic Web data access" and present the "description of data access" ontology (DODA). DODA is a lightweight formalization which features a simple structure and specifically targets Social Semantic Desktop use cases. DODA supports client software in providing meaningful and assisted user interfaces; as a result, the software con provide the user with a seamless view of heterogeneous data sources and facilitate giving external access to local data. Index Terms – Ontology, Semantic data access, Integration, RDF, RSS, communication channels, Semantic Desktop.