Introduction to Topic Maps and Kamala. Learn to develop model-driven knowledge applications step by step. TAO of TopicMaps with Kamala including Typing, Schema and first Ontology constructs.

1. Knowledge
in
the
Cloud
Introduc)on
to
Kamala

2. Introduc)on
Kamala
in
the
Cloud
! Kamala
is
a
knowledge
pla4orm
web-­‐applica9on
for
developing
and
sharing
seman9c
knowledge
efficiently
! Kamala
stores
knowledge
in
the
Topic
Maps-­‐data
model
! The
goal
is
that
users
can
focus
on
modeling
knowledge,
star9ng
from
concrete
data
! Separate
modules
and
features
extend
Kamala
! More
informa9on
on
kamala-­‐cloud.com
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3. Knowledge
model
drives
the
applica)on
! Kamala
is
an
ontology-­‐driven
applica9on,
the
knowledge
model
is
the
applica9on:
when
the
user
changes
the
model,
Kamala
will
change
the
way
it
looks
and
acts
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4. Kamala:
Knowledge
as
a
Service
! Organisa9ons
make
and
maintain
their
own
knowledge
models
! Efficient
Collabora9on:
Add
data,
informa9on
and
knowledge
in
different
roles
▫ (Meta-­‐)ontology-­‐maintenance
by
Informa9on
Architect
▫ Instance
level
by
analysts
! Different
applica9ons
use
the
same
model
! Knowledge
as
a
Service
in
the
Cloud
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6. Share
your
topic
maps
! You
can
share
your
topic
map
with
other
users
▫ Collaborate
on
a
shared
model
▫ Share
your
knowledge
! Currently
supports
read-­‐only
and
write-­‐access
▫ Future
work
includes
mul9ple
authoriza9on
levels
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7. Sharing
Topic
maps
in
Kamala
! This
step
is
op9onal
and
is
used
when
you
want
to
collaborate
on
or
share
a
topic
map
! Go
to
the
map
CRM
you
created
! Click
on
tab
Sharing
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8. Sharing
Topic
maps
in
Kamala
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! Click
on
the
-­‐icon
to
add
a
user
! Add
the
username
with
whom
you
want
to
share
the
topic
map
! Check
Can
edit?
! Click
on
Share

9. Accept
Request
for
Share
! AXer
a
request
an
invita9on
will
show
up
on
your
homepage
! Click
on
accept
to
use
the
topic
map,
or
reject
to
ignore
the
invita9on
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10. Querying
! Query
your
topic
map
with
▫ Tolog
 Logical
language
based
on
SQL+Prolog
▫ TMQL
 Standardized
query
language
for
Topic
Maps
! Reuse
your
queries
by
saving
them
in
Kamala
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11. Kamala
Bookmarker
! Quickly
log
a
subject
found
on
any
page
on
the
web
into
a
topic
map
▫ Open
the
bookmarker
while
on
any
webpage
▫ Either
create
a
topic
for
the
page,
▫ Or
see
what
you
already
know
about
the
page
 And
add
new
informa9on
to
your
topic
! Works
based
on
the
page
URL
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12. Kamala
Bookmarker
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13. Visualiza)on:
Knowledge
Graph
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14. Grouping
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15. Seman)c
filtering
! Set
your
own
filters
▫ Based
on
topic
types
and
their
possible
characteris9cs
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16. Geo
tagging
! Geo-­‐tag
your
topics
when
they
represent
a
loca9on
! Show
them
on
a
map
when
used
with
seman9c
filtering
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17. File
uploads
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! Mark
occurrence
types
as
file
containers

18. Advanced
templa)ng
! Define
how
your
topics
should
look
within
Kamala
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19. Bundles
! Ready-­‐to-­‐use
ontologies
▫ CRM
▫ Thesaurus
▫ Law
documents
▫ Etc
! Reusable
parts
available
on
request
▫ Dublin
Core
▫ OXen
used
types
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20. Thank
you
for
your
interest
in
Kamala.
Keep
up
to
date
on
new
features
at
kamala-­‐cloud.com
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