This article presents Tarsier, a tool for the interactive 3D visualization of RDF graphs. Tarsier is mainly intended to support teachers introducing students to Semantic Web data representation formalisms and developers in the debugging of applications based on Semantic Web knowledge bases. The tool proposes the metaphor of semantic planes as a way to visualize an RDF graph. A semantic plane contains all the RDF terms sharing a common concept; it can be created, and further split into several planes, through a set of UI controls or through SPARQL 1.1 queries, with the full support of OWL and RDFS. Thanks to the 3D visualization, links between semantic planes can be highlighted and the user can navigate within the 3D scene to find the better perspective to analyze data. Data can be gathered from generic SPARQL 1.1 protocol services. We believe that Tarsier will enhance the human friendliness of semantic technologies by: (1) helping newcomers assimilate new data representation formats; and (2) increasing the capabilities of inspection to detect relevant situations even in complex RDF graphs.

Viola, F., Roffia, L., Antoniazzi, F., D'Elia, A., Aguzzi, C., Salmon Cinotti, T. (2018). Interactive 3D Exploration of RDF Graphs through Semantic Planes. FUTURE INTERNET, 10(8), 1-30 [10.3390/fi10080081].

Interactive 3D Exploration of RDF Graphs through Semantic Planes

Viola, Fabio
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Roffia, Luca;Antoniazzi, Francesco;D'Elia, Alfredo;Aguzzi, Cristiano;Salmon Cinotti, Tullio
2018

Abstract

This article presents Tarsier, a tool for the interactive 3D visualization of RDF graphs. Tarsier is mainly intended to support teachers introducing students to Semantic Web data representation formalisms and developers in the debugging of applications based on Semantic Web knowledge bases. The tool proposes the metaphor of semantic planes as a way to visualize an RDF graph. A semantic plane contains all the RDF terms sharing a common concept; it can be created, and further split into several planes, through a set of UI controls or through SPARQL 1.1 queries, with the full support of OWL and RDFS. Thanks to the 3D visualization, links between semantic planes can be highlighted and the user can navigate within the 3D scene to find the better perspective to analyze data. Data can be gathered from generic SPARQL 1.1 protocol services. We believe that Tarsier will enhance the human friendliness of semantic technologies by: (1) helping newcomers assimilate new data representation formats; and (2) increasing the capabilities of inspection to detect relevant situations even in complex RDF graphs.
2018
Viola, F., Roffia, L., Antoniazzi, F., D'Elia, A., Aguzzi, C., Salmon Cinotti, T. (2018). Interactive 3D Exploration of RDF Graphs through Semantic Planes. FUTURE INTERNET, 10(8), 1-30 [10.3390/fi10080081].
Viola, Fabio; Roffia, Luca; Antoniazzi, Francesco; D'Elia, Alfredo; Aguzzi, Cristiano; Salmon Cinotti, Tullio
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