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Toward a Generic Mapping Language for Transformations between RDF and Data Interchange Formats
While there exist approaches to integrate heterogeneous data using semantic
models, such semantic models can typically not be used by existing software
tools. Many software tools - especially in engineering - only have options to
import and export data in more established data interchange formats such as XML
or JSON. Thus, if an information which is included in a semantic model needs to
be used in a such a software tool, automatic approaches for mapping semantic
information into an interchange format are needed. We aim to develop a generic
mapping approach that allows users to create transformations of semantic
information into a data interchange format with an arbitrary structure which
can be defined by a user. This mapping approach is currently being elaborated.
In this contribution, we report our initial steps targeted to transformations
from RDF into XML. At first, a mapping language is introduced which allows to
define automated mappings from ontologies to XML. Furthermore, a mapping
algorithm capable of executing mappings defined in this language is presented.
An evaluation is done with a use case in which engineering information needs to
be used in a 3D modeling tool