Modeling tabular data for upload in an open source semantic web application VIVO (version 1.6 and 1.7).

1. Modeling Data with Karma – Data Integration
Tool
prepared for the VIVO Apps & Tools Workshop
Violeta Ilik
Semantic Technologies Librarian
Texas A&M University
Austin, TX - August, 6 2014

2. Karma enables integration of:
• CSV/TSV files
• XML
• JSON
• Databases
• KML
• Web APIs

3. The modeling consists of four steps:
1.Assign Semantic Types
2.Constructing the Graph
3.Refine Source Model
4.Generate Formal Specification

4. Result

5. Modeling the person file

6. <http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06>
<http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#hrJobTitle> "TEES Research Scientist" .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06>
<http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#familyName> "Arnold" .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06>
<http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#middleName> "G" .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06>
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/ontology/TAMU#UID> "34119e06" .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06>
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-
syntax-ns#type> <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#FacultyMember> .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06>
<http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#email> "rgarnold@tamu.edu" .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06>
<http://www.w3.org/2006/vcard/ns#givenName> "Robert" .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-
schema#label> "Arnold, Robert G." .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06>

7. Modeling the position file

8. <http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06> <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#hrJobTitle>
"TEES Research Scientist" .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/n34119e06e420250f_Faculty>
<http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#relates> <http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/ne420250f> .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/ne420250f> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-
ns#type> <http://xmlns.com/foaf/0.1/Organization> .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06>
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/ontology/TAMU#UID> "34119e06" .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/n34119e06e420250f_Faculty>
<http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#relates> <http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06> .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/n34119e06> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-
ns#type> <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#FacultyMember> .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/ne420250f>
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/ontology/TAMU#OrgID> "e420250f" .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/n34119e06e420250f_Faculty> <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-
syntax-ns#type> <http://vivoweb.org/ontology/core#Position> .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/individual/ne420250f> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-
schema#label> "Academy for Advance Telecommunication and Learning Technology" .
<http://vivo.library.tamu.edu/n34119e06e420250f_Faculty> <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-
schema#label> "Faculty" .

9. Thank you