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DBpedia: History & Applications

DBpedia (from "DB" for "database") is a project aiming to extract structured content from the information created in the Wikipedia project. This structured information is made available on the World Wide Web using OpenLink Virtuoso. DBpedia allows users to semantically query relationships and properties of Wikipedia resources, including links to other…

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DBpedia topic overview

The analysis highlights History and Applications as prominent areas in the source structure around DBpedia.

Related topics
80
Source areas
8
Connected nodes
88
Extracted relationships
97
Concept neighborhoods
36
Bridge connections
88

What this topic covers Research coverage

Source areas are shown by the number of related topics found in each part of the analysis. Use smaller areas too: they can reveal specialized angles and content gaps.

Use cases · 28 topics
DBpedia Spotlight · 13 topics
Background · 11 topics
Overview · 10 topics
Examples · 8 topics
Dataset · 6 topics
Archivo ontology database · 2 topics
History · 2 topics

Smaller areas are not necessarily less important. They contain fewer connections in this analysis and can be useful for finding specialized angles or coverage gaps.

Key facts & relationships

High-confidence facts extracted from structured source data. Use them as anchors for further research.

Developers
Leipzig University · University of Mannheim
License
GNU General Public License
Release
10 January 2007 (19 years ago) (2007-01-10)
Repository
github.com/dbpedia/
Stable release
DBpedia 2016-10 / 4 July 2017
Type
Semantic Web · linked data

Explore all related topics Closing gaps

Browse the complete topic structure, not only the most central items. Less prominent entities and concepts can reveal missing angles, specialized context and useful research gaps. Each item opens a new analysis centered on that subject.

Overview

Background

Dataset

Examples

Use cases

DBpedia Spotlight

Archivo ontology database

History

Advanced semantic analysis

Deeper signals for content research, entity SEO and topical coverage. The plain-language headings explain what each technical view is useful for.

How DBpedia connects Entity context

The extracted context around DBpedia shows recurring relationship patterns in the source. For example, DBpedia → As, Bio2RDF, CIA World Factbook, DBLP, DBpedia Spotlight, DBtune Jamendo, Eurostat, Faviki, Freebase, GeoNames, IBM Watson's Jeopardy, Knowledge Sharing Platform, Linked Open Data, MusicBrainz, Open Data, OpenCalais, OpenCyc, Project Gutenberg, RDF, Samsung Another extracted example is DBpedia → Apache License, Berlin, Clients, DBpedia Spotlight, Free University, Instead, Internationalization, It, Java, Java/Scala API, June, PHP, The, The DBpedia Spotlight, This, Web, Web Based Systems Group, Wikipedia. Use these groups to spot repeated connection types before inspecting the individual relationships.

DBpedia

Top relations

related to Use cases · 32
DBpedia → As, Bio2RDF, CIA World Factbook, DBLP, DBpedia Spotlight, DBtune Jamendo, Eurostat, Faviki, Freebase, GeoNames, IBM Watson's Jeopardy, Knowledge Sharing Platform, Linked Open Data, MusicBrainz, Open Data, OpenCalais, OpenCyc, Project Gutenberg, RDF, Samsung
related to DBpedia Spotlight · 18
DBpedia → Apache License, Berlin, Clients, DBpedia Spotlight, Free University, Instead, Internationalization, It, Java, Java/Scala API, June, PHP, The, The DBpedia Spotlight, This, Web, Web Based Systems Group, Wikipedia
related to Examples · 13
DBpedia → Data, For, Japanese, Koi Cupid, Mia Ikumi, RDF, Since DBpedia, SPARQL, SQL-like, Super Doll Licca-chan, Tokyo Mew Mew, Wikipedia, Wikipedia's
related to Archivo ontology database · 9
DBpedia → Archivo, As, For, From, June, Ontologies, OWL, SHACL, Web Ontology Language
related to Dataset · 6
DBpedia → English Wikipedia, For, From, RDF, Resource Description Framework, The
related to history · 6
DBpedia → Christian Bizer, Georgi Kobilarov, Jens Lehmann, Richard Cyganiak, Sören Auer, Zachary Ives
Developers · 2
DBpedia → Leipzig University, University of Mannheim
Type · 2
DBpedia → linked data, Semantic Web
Written in · 2
DBpedia → Java, Scala
License · 1
DBpedia → GNU General Public License

Important terminology

Use these terms to understand the vocabulary surrounding the topic, not as a checklist for keyword stuffing.

Important terminology

data information web wikipedia project also database spotlight structured use semantic datasets extracted available one million dataset links linked ontology

DBpedia relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

TTTA extracted 97 structured relationships around DBpedia. Examples in this analysis include DBpedia → Developers → Leipzig University and DBpedia → Developers → University of Mannheim. The table shows each extracted connection, where it came from and its confidence.

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
DBpediaDevelopersLeipzig University1.00infobox
DBpediaDevelopersUniversity of Mannheim1.00infobox
DBpediaLicenseGNU General Public License1.00infobox
DBpediaRelease10 January 2007 (19 years ago) (2007-01-10)1.00infobox
DBpediaRepositorygithub.com/dbpedia/1.00infobox
DBpediaStable releaseDBpedia 2016-10 / 4 July 20171.00infobox
DBpediaTypeSemantic Web1.00infobox
DBpediaTypelinked data1.00infobox
DBpediaWebsitedbpedia.org1.00infobox
DBpediaWritten inScala1.00infobox
DBpediaWritten inJava1.00infobox
Super Doll Licca-chaninstance ofMia Ikumi and on this author's works0.80text

Related concept clusters Concept neighborhoods

The concept neighborhoods around DBpedia bring nearby vocabulary together. In this analysis, examples include Data, Spotlight and Information. Use the clusters to find adjacent concepts and terminology that may deserve separate research.

  • DBpedia
    • Data
    • Spotlight
    • Information
    • Project
    • Web
    • Million
    • Including
    • Ontology
    • Uses
    • Datasets
    • Open
    • Semantic
  • dbpedia
    • Data
    • Spotlight
    • Information
    • Project
    • Web
    • Million
    • Including
    • Ontology
    • Uses
    • Datasets
    • Open
    • Semantic
  • database
    • Project
    • Free
    • License
    • Ontology
    • Dataset
    • Semantic
    • Use
    • Web
    • Dbpedia
    • Information
    • Java
    • Made
  • world wide web
    • Free
    • Project
    • Made
    • Spotlight
    • Using
    • Data
    • External
    • Including
    • Java
    • Linked
    • University
    • Web
  • linked data
    • Links
    • Project
    • Open
    • Dbpedia
    • Data
    • Linked
    • Set
    • Spotlight
    • Also
    • Web
    • Dataset
    • Datasets
  • open data
    • Open
    • Dbpedia
    • Linked
    • Set
    • Project
    • Web
    • Dataset
    • Datasets
    • University
    • Also
    • Uses
    • World
  • database rights
    • Project
    • Free
    • License
    • Ontology
    • Dataset
    • Semantic
    • Use
    • Web
    • Dbpedia
    • Information
    • Java
    • Made
  • web pages
    • Wikipedia
    • Free
    • Spotlight
    • Data
    • Java
    • University
    • World
    • External
    • License
    • Linked
    • Links
    • Ontology

Connections between topic areas Semantic bridges

For DBpedia, one of the stronger structural bridges in this analysis connects DBpedia with Use cases. Bridges highlight paths between different parts of the map and can reveal research angles that are easy to miss in a flat list.

Min side: 3
DBpediaUse cases · splits 60 ⟂ 29
DBpediaDBpedia Spotlight · splits 75 ⟂ 14
DBpediaBackground · splits 77 ⟂ 12
DBpediaOverview · splits 78 ⟂ 11
DBpediaExamples · splits 80 ⟂ 9
DBpediaDataset · splits 82 ⟂ 7
DBpediaArchivo ontology database · splits 86 ⟂ 3
DBpediaHistory · splits 86 ⟂ 3

Map overview Semantic statistics

DBpedia

Nodes89
Edges88
Triples97
Avg. degree1.98
Density0.022472
Components1

Source & methodology

TTTA analyzes the structure around DBpedia to surface related topics, entities, relationships, concept neighborhoods and bridge connections. Use the map to explore areas such as History & Applications, including less central topics that may reveal useful research gaps. Automatically extracted connections are research leads rather than rewritten encyclopedia content.

Source: Wikipedia — DBpedia · EN edition · Analysis: TopicsToTalkAbout

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