General Fragment Model for Information Artifacts

TL;DR

This paper introduces a generalized fragment model designed to link semantic descriptions with heterogeneous information artifacts, supporting diverse data types without relying on specific vocabularies.

Contribution

It presents a flexible, systematic model for describing fragments and anchors across various information artifacts, extending beyond audiovisual data.

Findings

Model can be instantiated for different information types

Supports systematic linking of semantic descriptions and data fragments

Enhances interoperability in heterogeneous data environments

Abstract

The use of semantic descriptions in data intensive domains require a systematic model for linking semantic descriptions with their manifestations in fragments of heterogeneous information and data objects. Such information heterogeneity requires a fragment model that is general enough to support the specification of anchors from conceptual models to multiple types of information artifacts. While diverse proposals of anchoring models exist in the literature, they are usually focused in audiovisual information. We propose a generalized fragment model that can be instantiated to different kinds of information artifacts. Our objective is to systematize the way in which fragments and anchors can be described in conceptual models, without committing to a specific vocabulary.