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X3D Ontology for Querying 3D Models on the Semantic Web

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Jakub FlotyńskiAuthors Info & Claims

Web3D '20: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on 3D Web Technology

Article No.: 14, Pages 1 - 6

https://doi.org/10.1145/3424616.3424715

Published: 09 November 2020 Publication History

Abstract

The Semantic Web offers significant capabilities that transform the current Web into a global knowledge base including various cross-linked multimedia content with formal descriptions of its semantics understandable to humans and processable by computers. Content on the Semantic Web can be subject to reasoning and queries with standardized languages, methods and tools, which opens new opportunities for collaborative creation, use and exploration of web repositories. However, these opportunities have not been exploited so far by the available 3D formats and modeling tools, which limits the possibilities of search and reuse of 3D content as part of the Semantic Web. This work contributes a semantic development pipeline of the X3D Ontology, with corresponding conversion of X3D models into triple forms suitable for formal query. The ontology design reflects experience accompanying the development of the Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics International Standard, in particular, the X3D Unified Object Model (X3DUOM). This approach combines semantic and syntactic elements of X3D models and metadata to support integration with the Semantic Web. The pipeline enables automatic generation of the X3D Ontology, thereby providing an up-to-date 3D representation with semantics during X3D specification development. By extending commonplace model conversions from other formats to X3D, the ontology presents the potential to enable integration of most forms of 3D content with the Semantic Web.

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Web3D '20: Proceedings of the 25th International Conference on 3D Web Technology

November 2020

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DOI:10.1145/3424616

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Soonhung Han
KAIST
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Don Brutzman
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Jehee Lee
Seoul National University
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Kwan-Hee Yoo
Chungbuk National University
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Vince Marchetti
KShell Analysis & Web3D Consortium, USA
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Christophe Mouton
EDF - Electricite de France
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Takeshi Kurata
AIST/Tsukuba University, Japan
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Jinyuan Jia
TongJi University, China

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Egami SUgai TOono MKitamura KFukuda K(2023)Synthesizing Event-Centric Knowledge Graphs of Daily Activities Using Virtual SpaceIEEE Access10.1109/ACCESS.2023.325380711(23857-23873)Online publication date: 2023
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2023.3253807
Li KZhao HZhang QJia J(2022)CEBOW: A Cloud‐Edge‐Browser Online Web3D approach for visualizing large BIM scenesComputer Animation and Virtual Worlds10.1002/cav.203933:2Online publication date: 27-Jan-2022
https://doi.org/10.1002/cav.2039

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