Dear Semantic Web Community
Signing graph data on the web is important for many different
application scenarios. It allows for identifying the source of a graph
published on the web and tracking the provenance of graph data. Thus,
signing graph data is an important prerequisite for establishing trust
networks on the Semantic Web.
We are happy to announce the release of the Java-based open source
implementation of our software framework for iterative signing of
arbitrary graph data provided, e. g., as RDF(S), Named Graphs, or OWL.
The software framework is based on a formalization of different graph
signing functions and supports different configurations. It is available
in source code as well as pre-compiled as .jar-file.
The graph signing framework exhibits the following unique features:
- Signing graphs on different levels of granularity
- Signing multiple graphs at once
- Iterative signing of graph data for provenance tracking
- Independence of the used language for encoding the graph (i. e.,
the signature does not break when changing the graph representation)
The documentation of the software framework and its source code is
available from:
http://icp.it-risk.iwvi.uni-koblenz.de/wiki/Software_Framework_for_Signing_Graph_Data
There is also an accompanying publication at ESWC this year. Thanks to
the papers being available for free, we also like to point to the
publication:
Andreas Kasten, Ansgar Scherp and Peter Schauß. A Framework for
Iterative Signing of Graph Data on the Web, ESWC, 2014.
URL:
http://2014.eswc-conferences.org/sites/default/files/papers/paper_80.pdf
Please enjoy using the framework in your applications. We are happy to
receive your comments.
Kind regards
Ansgar Scherp
Andreas Kasten
Peter Schauß
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Prof. Dr. Ansgar Scherp
Kiel University and Leibniz Information Center for Economics
Phone: +49 431 8814-443 Fax : +49 431 8814-520
Mail : [email protected]
WWW: http://kd.informatik.uni-kiel.de/
