Translation of Relational and Non-relational Databases into RDF with xR2RML

Franck Michel, Loïc Djimenou, Catherine Faron-Zucker, Johan Montagnat

2015

Abstract

With the growing amount of data being continuously produced, it is crucial to come up with solutions to expose data from ever more heterogeneous databases (e.g. NoSQL systems) as linked data. In this paper we present xR2RML, a language designed to describe the mapping of various types of databases to RDF. xR2RML flexibly adapts to heterogeneous query languages and data models while remaining free from any specific language or syntax. It extends R2RML, the W3C recommendation for the mapping of relational databases to RDF, and relies on RML for the handling of various data representation formats. We analyse data models of several modern databases as well as the format in which query results are returned, and we show that xR2RML can translate any data element within such results into RDF, relying on existing languages such as XPath and JSONPath if needed. We illustrate some features of xR2RML such as the generation of RDF collections and containers, and the ability to deal with mixed content.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Michel F., Djimenou L., Faron-Zucker C. and Montagnat J. (2015). Translation of Relational and Non-relational Databases into RDF with xR2RML . In Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-758-106-9, pages 443-454. DOI: 10.5220/0005448304430454

in Bibtex Style

@conference{webist15,
author={Franck Michel and Loïc Djimenou and Catherine Faron-Zucker and Johan Montagnat},
title={Translation of Relational and Non-relational Databases into RDF with xR2RML},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2015},
pages={443-454},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005448304430454},
isbn={978-989-758-106-9},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - Translation of Relational and Non-relational Databases into RDF with xR2RML
SN - 978-989-758-106-9
AU - Michel F.
AU - Djimenou L.
AU - Faron-Zucker C.
AU - Montagnat J.
PY - 2015
SP - 443
EP - 454
DO - 10.5220/0005448304430454