<i>POTS</i> - A Polyparadigmatic Ontology Term Search with Fine-Grained Context Steering using Hyper-Level Vector Spaces
We present a novel microservice-based system, that facilitates a polyparadigmatic ontology term search (leveraging semantic search via vector embeddings, keyword search, and attribute filters).The search index strategy intends to preserve important semantic aspects of the ontological context of a term (selected attributes and term relationships) using structured search fields and multilevel vector spaces assembling hyper-level vector spaces.The flexible, yet simple query API allows fine-grained search requests based on a combination of fuzzy and exact filters.The architecture is based on a highly automatable and flexible Docker Compose setup strategy.While deploying the system for a local ontology is only one command away, the setup also allows ingesting a configurable subset of over 1,800 published ontologies in over 12,000 versions via DBpedia Archivo.
Authors
- Marvin Hofer (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4667-5743)
- Johannes Frey (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3127-0815)
- Luiz Carlos Camargo Barbosa Ferraz (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-4289-1781)
Institutions
- University of Lisbon (PT)
- Leipzig University (DE)
Publication Details
- Published
- 2025-05-08
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1145/3701716.3715194
- Citations
- 1
- Primary Topic
- Semantic Web and Ontologies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.48
Funders
- Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung
- Sächsisches Staatsministerium für Wissenschaft und Kunst