On the Web and in web-based information systems data management, data integration and linking are crucial: for content integration and semantics-based enrichment purposes, for making sense of user information for analytical purposes, for connecting content information and user information for adaptation purposes, or for architectural purposes. In the research on Web Data and Semantics the challenge is to develop theory, methods and techniques for data management, data integration and semantic linking in web-based information systems.
This research draws heavily from database and Semantic Web research and explores how database theory and tooling can be transformed for the challenges of Web-based system architecture, e.g. systems that exploit semantic technologies.
The WIS group has specialized in data management and integration on new web data languages, e.g. for linked data, and on cloud and service-based architectures.
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