sameAs

In data science, sameAs or exactMatch is a method of indicating that the subject of, or entity represented by, two resources is considered to be one and the same thing. It is a key part of the Semantic Web.

Uses

The concept of sameAs exists in a number of different schemas and systems:

OWL - owl:sameAs^[1]
schema.org^[2]
SKOS - skos:exactMatch^[3]
Wikidata - Property:P2888 "exact match", with the alias "sameas"^[4]

The owl:sameAs predicate has been described as "an essential ingredient of the Semantic Web architecture".^[1]

References

1 2 Beek, Wouter; Raad, Joe; Wielemaker, Jan; van Harmelen, Frank (2018). "sameAs.cc: The Closure of 500M owl:sameAs Statements". In Aldo Gangemi; Roberto Navigli; Maria-Esther Vidal; et al. (eds.). The Semantic Web. Vol. 10843. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 65–80. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93417-4_5. ISBN 978-3-319-93416-7. S2CID 46899043. Retrieved 2019-11-11.
↑ "sameAs". schema.org. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
↑ "SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Namespace Document - HTML Variant, 18 August 2009 Recommendation Edition". W3C. Retrieved 5 June 2018.
↑ "exact match". Wikidata community. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

External links

sameAs.cc
sameas.org
`owl:sameAs` specification: https://www.w3.org/TR/owl-ref/#sameAs-def

[OWL-1] 1 2 Beek, Wouter; Raad, Joe; Wielemaker, Jan; van Harmelen, Frank (2018). "sameAs.cc: The Closure of 500M owl:sameAs Statements". In Aldo Gangemi; Roberto Navigli; Maria-Esther Vidal; et al. (eds.). The Semantic Web. Vol. 10843. Cham: Springer International Publishing. pp. 65–80. doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93417-4_5. ISBN 978-3-319-93416-7. S2CID 46899043. Retrieved 2019-11-11.

[schemaorg-2] "sameAs". schema.org. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[W3C-SKOS-3] "SKOS Simple Knowledge Organization System Namespace Document - HTML Variant, 18 August 2009 Recommendation Edition". W3C. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

[WikidataP2888-4] "exact match". Wikidata community. Retrieved 5 June 2018.

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