Conceptual Provisions and Architecture of Semantic Personal Information Management System

A. A. Bezdushny, Postgraduate Student, Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology, e-mail: andrey.bezdushny@gmail.com

This paper considers the problem of the personal information management by using semantic technologies, proposes the architecture of semantic personal information management systems and presents the prototype of the system implemented in accordance with this architecture. Proposed method develops the idea of the Semantic Desktop — an approach to the personal information space organization in accordance with Semantic Web and Linked Open Data.

Within the system, information space is considered as RDF repository, based on OWL ontology. By default, system OWL ontology, containing the most frequently used concepts, is available to user. If necessary, user can extend it by adding new classes and properties or overriding existing ones.

Following are the main objectives of the system. Maintenance of user information space and structuring of resources within it. Harvesting of the information stored in external sources such as file system, mail server etc. Support for the search through the information space. Automated analysis of the information space, in particular harvesting of additional metadata from the web. Automated resources categorization. Support for collaboration.

Keywords: personal information management, personal knowledge management, Semantic Desktop, Semantic Web, RDF, Linked Open Data, data analysis, data categorization

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