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Using SPARQL to Delete Duplicate Instances
Describes developing a query to delete objects that have different IRIs but are essentially duplicates.
Michael DeBellis
Apr 9, 20243 min read
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The DaanMatch System: A Knowledge Graph linking NGOs with UN Sustainable Development Goals
The DaanMatch project and how knowledge graphs and NLP were used to facilitate linking NGOs with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
Michael DeBellis
Oct 25, 20233 min read
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Using OWL Models to Bring Rigor to the "Soft" Sciences
Examples of using the Web Ontology Language to rigorously define theories in the social sciences
Michael DeBellis
Oct 24, 20234 min read
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Creating a Custom Rules View Tab
Note: There was a problem with the link to the PDF for the tutorial below. It worked for me because I owned the file but for others since...
Michael DeBellis
Aug 28, 20232 min read
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Using SKOS to Define Mappings
Describes ways to use the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) to define mappings from one Concept Scheme to another.
Michael DeBellis
Jan 10, 20236 min read
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IRI Mappings in Protégé and Web Protégé
When you load an ontology from Desktop Protégé to Web Protégé defaults related to IRIs aren't what you would expect. Tells how to set them.
Michael DeBellis
Dec 22, 20224 min read
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UN Sustainable Development Goals Ontology
Case study of how Cellfie and SPARQL can automate developing an ontology to model the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Michael DeBellis
Nov 17, 20223 min read
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Semantic Web vs. Property Graphs
Discusses the pros and cons of property graphs (Neo4J and Cypher) contrasted with the Semantic Web stack: RDF, OWL, SPARQL, SHACL, SWRL
Michael DeBellis
May 30, 20223 min read
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Knowledge Representation and the Semantic Web
I recently wrote a paper with Robert Neches who used to be my boss at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI). When I work with...
Michael DeBellis
May 5, 20221 min read
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Testing and Debugging Ontologies
Best practices for creating and using individuals as test data for OWL ontologies
Michael DeBellis
Jan 25, 20222 min read
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Making UUIDs Easier to Use With Prefixes
In a previous blog post I discussed the difference between user supplied names for IRIs and UUIDs. I want to share a tip that Jim Balhoff...
Michael DeBellis
Jan 4, 20222 min read
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Using SPARQL to Refactor User Names to UUIDs
Use SPARQL to convert user supplied IRI names to UUIDs
Michael DeBellis
Dec 1, 20213 min read
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An Agile Approach to Knowledge Graph Development
A paper on the CODO knowledge graph that captures epidemiological and contact tracing data about the Covid-19 pandemic.
Michael DeBellis
Oct 19, 20212 min read
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The People_Example Ontology
I'm working on an article where I provide an overview of the various semantic web technologies such as OWL, SWRL, SPARQL, and SHACL. As...
Michael DeBellis
Oct 7, 20212 min read
6,166 views
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New Protégé Pizza Tutorial
New version of the Pizza Tutorial for Protégé. Consistent with latest Protégé UI and new sections for SWRL, SPARQL, and SHACL.
Michael DeBellis
Sep 30, 20213 min read
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Semtech 2021 Workshop
Presentations from the Semtech 2021 Semantic Web workshop held at the Indian Statistical Institute.
Michael DeBellis
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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What's in a Name? IRIs, Labels, and UUIDs
In Protégé and OWL an entity name can refer to the last part of the IRI or the label
Michael DeBellis
Dec 7, 20204 min read
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CODO: An Ontology for Collection and Analysis of Covid-19 Data
CODO is an ontology to provide semantics to data on the Covid-19 pandemic
Michael DeBellis
Aug 7, 20202 min read
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