SameAs Networks and Beyond: Analyzing Deployment Status and Implications of owl: sameAs in Linked Data

Millions of owl:sameAs statements have been published on the Web of Data. Due to its unique role and heavy usage in Linked Data integration, owl:sameAs has become a topic of increasing interest and debate. This paper provides a quantitative analysis of owl:sameAs deployment status and uses these statistics to focus discussion around its usage in Linked Data.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: SEMWEB
• Authors: Li Ding, Joshua Shinavier, Zhenning Shangguan, Deborah L. McGuinness
• Keywords: Deployment Status, Heavy Usage, Internet Technology, SEMWEB 2010, Unique Role