Real-life Semantic Web Technology-based Information Sharing via Linked Data Concepts – SpazioDati dataGRAPH Wikisearch API
My last post was the fifth in a series of “spotlight posts” I am using to illuminate practical examples of Real-life Semantic Web Technology-based Information Sharing via Linked Data Concepts. All of these examples support my proposed Enhanced Linked Data Architecture and its current incarnation as the Enhanced Linkeddata Architecture for Persistent Sharing Environments (ELAPSE)™.
My sixth post in this series is focused on the SpazioDati dataGRAPH Wikisearch API:
“Wikisearch is a semantic search API that helps you find the specific Wikipedia page you’re looking for. It’s designed to work even if you don’t remember its exact title, or have only a vague remembrance that it relates to some specific topic.
Wikisearch can understands semantic relationships between different things and concepts. For instance, it understands that Westminster church and Westminster abbey refer to the same thing, even though they are spelled differently.”1
To provide these capabilities, the Wikisearch API can be used to connect movies with books–for example, you know about the Game of Thrones TV series but you want to know about the original book. Wikisearch can search for ‘screenplay game of thrones‘, which will lead you to the Wikipedia page titled ‘a song of ice and fire‘ – even if you had no clue about the name of the book.
Wikisearch is especially useful in auto-complete scenarios where the user can typically examine only the first few search results before taking a decision. By filtering out things like disambiguation pages and providing content that is semantically relevant to the search at hand, it can significantly improve overall user experience.
To learn how to use the Wikisearch API go:
SpazioDati Wikisearch API Demo Site
When focused on open source and open standards, the Wikisearch API does implement a number of the same components of my Enhanced Linkeddata Architecture for Persistent Sharing Environments (ELAPSE)™, including:
My next post will discuss a seventh practical example of Real-life Semantic Web Technology-based Information Sharing via Linked Data Concepts.
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