On Dependencies in Knowledge Graph Construction
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- Romana Pernisch,
- Óscar Corcho,
- David Chaves-Fraga
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- Vrije University Amsterdam,
- Polytechnic University of Madrid,
- University of Santiago de Compostela
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Pages 1-14 (14 pages)Publication milestones
- Published - 2025
Publication status
Published - 2025
Host publication title
KGCW@ESWCAbstract
Knowledge graph construction (KGC) requires numerous assets, such as shapes or mappings, to interact correctly.
However, maintenance and assessment of the quality of the pipeline implementing the construction is difficult, as
software engineering analyses and quality measures do not address the technologies used in KGC. In this paper,
we propose a syntactic, easy to compute notion of dependencies between assets, and show its capability to assess
change propagation. Furthermore, we discuss potential to use it for coupling and impact estimation. We evaluate
our approach using a prototypical implementation and a case study from the literature, where we find two bugs
where missing dependencies indicated an error due to miscommunication during change propagation between
the developers of two different assets.
However, maintenance and assessment of the quality of the pipeline implementing the construction is difficult, as
software engineering analyses and quality measures do not address the technologies used in KGC. In this paper,
we propose a syntactic, easy to compute notion of dependencies between assets, and show its capability to assess
change propagation. Furthermore, we discuss potential to use it for coupling and impact estimation. We evaluate
our approach using a prototypical implementation and a case study from the literature, where we find two bugs
where missing dependencies indicated an error due to miscommunication during change propagation between
the developers of two different assets.
Funding Details
David Chaves-Fraga is funded by the Agencia Estatal de Investigación (Spain)
(PID2023-149549NB-I00), the Xunta de Galicia - Conselleria de Educación, Ciencia, Universidades e
Formación (Centro de investigación de Galicia accreditation 2024-2027 ED431G-2023/04 and Reference
Competitive Group accreditation 2022-2026, ED431C 2022/19) and the European Union (European
Regional Development Fund - ERDF). Eduard Kamburjan is partially supported by the EU project
SM4RTENANCE (101123490). We thank the organizers of the Dagstuhl Seminar 24061 “Are Knowledge
Graphs Ready for the Real World?”, where the ideas presented here were discussed for the first time.
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Related Event
Title
International Workshop on Knowledge Graph Construction
Description
co-located with the 22nd Extended Semantic Web Conference
Event type
WorkshopDegree of recognition
International eventDate
01/06/2025 - 01/06/2025Location
Bernardin Convention CentrePortorožSlovakia