LibSwb: Browsing the Entity Context.
Sven Buschbeck, Stefano Bortoli, Heiko Stoermer · 2008
Abstract. In this paper we are presenting ongoing work on a software library for on-the-fly browsing of Semantic Web content that forms the informational context around an entity. This library is targeted to be integrated into user applications, to extend their range of functionalities in an easy-to-handle and unobtrusive way. We illustrate an application, give details on the implementation of a first prototype, and evaluate its feasibility. 1 Introduction to Entity-centric Semantic Web browsing One of the most important differences between the Semantic Web and WWW is the concept of the URI as the global anchor for information about a resource in distributed information sources. Unlike the WWW, a URI for a resource can be completely arbitrary, and does not need to expose any reference to actual