Linked Data Strategy to Achieve Interoperability in Higher Education

Guillermo García Juanes, Alioth Rodríguez Barrios, José Luis Roda García, Laura Gutiérrez Medina, Rita Díaz Adán, Pedro González Yanes

2014

Abstract

An important challenge in centres of higher education is the use of Linked Data strategy to connect currently existing multiple information systems. These information systems are usually independent from one another, and the ability to obtain information by connecting different sources of data involves, in most cases, unacceptable costs and effort. In this work, we have developed a platform based on Linked Data that permits the interoperability of different sources of data, both internal as well as external. This interoperability is achieved by 1) the use of higher education ontologies, and 2) the use of a process that begins with the analysis of the data sources to be connected, followed by mapping of the closest ontologies, and ends with the generation and publication of data in valid formats for Linked Data. The final product permits stakeholders inside and outside the university to be able to make queries of two or more datasets in different information systems at the same time.

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García Juanes G., Rodríguez Barrios A., Roda García J., Gutiérrez Medina L., Díaz Adán R. and González Yanes P. (2014). Linked Data Strategy to Achieve Interoperability in Higher Education . In Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-758-024-6, pages 57-64. DOI: 10.5220/0004853500570064


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@conference{webist14,
author={Guillermo García Juanes and Alioth Rodríguez Barrios and José Luis Roda García and Laura Gutiérrez Medina and Rita Díaz Adán and Pedro González Yanes},
title={Linked Data Strategy to Achieve Interoperability in Higher Education},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,},
year={2014},
pages={57-64},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004853500570064},
isbn={978-989-758-024-6},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 2: WEBIST,
TI - Linked Data Strategy to Achieve Interoperability in Higher Education
SN - 978-989-758-024-6
AU - García Juanes G.
AU - Rodríguez Barrios A.
AU - Roda García J.
AU - Gutiérrez Medina L.
AU - Díaz Adán R.
AU - González Yanes P.
PY - 2014
SP - 57
EP - 64
DO - 10.5220/0004853500570064