Linking domain-specific knowledge to encyclopedic knowledge: An initial approach to Linked Data

Abstract

Linked Data creates a shared information space by publishing and connecting resources in the Semantic Web. However, the specification of semantic relationships between data sources is still a stumbling block. One solution is to enrich ontologies with multilingual and concept-oriented information. Usefully linking entities in the Semantic Web is thus facilitated by a semantic-oriented cross-lingual ontology mapping framework in which knowledge representations are not restricted to a particular natural language. Accordingly, this paper describes a preliminary approach for integrating general encyclopedic knowledge in DBpedia with EcoLexicon, a multilingual terminological knowledge base on the environment.