Classification is the basic method for humans to recognize and manage
things. Different classification methods can be used to classify one set
of things no matter what forms they are and whether they are centralized
or decentralized. The Resource Space Model is to efficiently organize and
manage the contents of resources by a space consists of multiple
classification methods.
Theory, Model and Method
Different from distance space, an axis of the
resource space represents a classification method. A coordinate, which
can be a tree structure, represents a complex class. There could be no
order between coordinates.
For raising the efficiency and correctness of operations on resource
space, a set of normal forms to normalize the resource space is defined. The 1st Normal Form is
about no redundancy, the 2nd Normal Form is about independency of
classifications, and the 3rd Normal Form is about the orthogonality
between axes. Normal forms are then extended to 2+NF and 4NF to loose or
tighten the constraints on space. The schema of resource space is
proposed to regulate the instances of resource space. The topological
characteristic and the relations between the normal forms and the
operations such as merge and join are unveiled.
The operation language for Resource Space Model is designed for querying
and managing resources. A complete set of operations is given through
investigating the completeness of operations. The integrity of resource
space is proposed to ensure the appropriate operations.
To deal with the inexactness of classification and the uncertainty of
storing and querying resources, the Resource Space Model is extended to
the Probabilistic Resource Space Model so as to deal with the uncertainty.
The effect of the Probabilistic RSM enables resources to be distributed
evenly in the space.
The method of mappings between RSM, relational database and OWL (Web
Ontology Language) is proposed to unveil the uniformity in the diversity
of models. Different models have different characteristics, how to make
use of the characteristics of different models is studied, so the method
of integrating the three models is proposed. This provides an approach to
integrating more semantic models.
The method of deploying the normalized resource space onto peer-to-peer
networks is proposed to obtain the advantages of P2P networks in managing
large-scale dynamic network. The synergy of normalization and
self-organization provides a solution to solve the problem of managing
dynamic environment, large-scale decentralized, self-organized and complex
resources.
The main theory, model and method of RSM was studied during 2001-2008.
Publications have appeared in international journals since 2002. A
systematic theory was published as monograph in 2008 (H.Zhuge, The Web
Resource Space Model, Springer, 2008).
Related Notion: Faceted Classification
Typical Application: Faceted Browsing, Faceted Navigation, Faceted Exploration, and Faceted Search
Faceted navigation (also called faceted browsing and search) is an
important approach to improving traditional web searching and browsing by
refining the search results through a multi-step selection process. It
allows users to view the contents of a set of resources from different
facets.
The Resource Space Model naturally supports faceted navigation as the
underlying resource organization model and theory due to its
multi-dimensional classification characteristic.
Scholar search shows that the work published in (H. Zhuge, A knowledge
grid model and platform for global knowledge sharing. Expert Systems
Applications, 22(4)(2002)313-320) is the first faceted navigation system.
The work published in the first edition of the book (H.Zhuge, The
Knowledge Grid, World Scientific, 2004, chapter 3) is
the first theoretical work on faceted browsing, navigation and search.
Fig.1 shows the interface for faceted browsing developed in 2001
(published in Expert Systems with Applications, 22(4)(2002)313-320).
Fig.2 shows the interface for faceted browsing developed in 2003
(published in The Knowledge Grid, Chapter 4).
Fig.3 shows the interface for faceted browsing developed in 2004-2005
(published in The Web Resource Space Model, Chapter 1).
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Special Issue
"Faceted Search, Interactive Semantics and Social Networking"£¬ World Wide Web Journal (Call for Papers).
References
[1] H.Zhuge, The Complex Semantic Space Model, Keynote at 20th IEEE International Conference on Collaboration Technologies and Infrastructures, June 27th-29th, 2011, Paris, France (WETICE2011).
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[2] H.Zhuge and Y.Xing, Probabilistic Resource Space Model fro Managing Resources in Cyber-Physical Society, IEEE Transactions on Service Computing, http://doi.ieeecomputersociety.org/10.1109/TSC.2011.12.
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[3] H.Zhuge, The Web Resource Space Model, Springer, 2007.
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[4] Jin Liu, X. Li, and L. Feng, Resource space view tour mechanism, Concurrency and Computation: Practice and Experience, 20(7)(2008) 863 - 883.
[5] H. Zhuge and X. Li, RSM-based Gossip on P2P Network, Keynote at ICA3PP2007.
[6] H.Zhuge, P.Shi, Y.Xing and C.He, Transformation from OWL Description to Resource Space Model, 1st Asian Semantic Web Conference, Beijing, China, Sept. 3-7, 2006. (Keynote), LNCS 4185, pp.4-23.
[7] H.Zhuge and E.Yao, Completeness of Query Operations on Resource Spaces, Proceedings of 2nd International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grid, Guilin, China, November, 2006, IEEE Computer Society Press. (Keynote)
[8] H.Zhuge and Y.Xing, Integrity Theory for Resource Space Model and Its Application, The 6th International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM2005), Hangzhou, China, Oct.11-13, 2005. (Keynote), LNCS 3739, pp.8-24.
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[10] H.Zhuge, The Knowledge Grid, World Scientific, Singapore, 2004. (Chapter 2 discusses the normalization of semantic link network, chapter 3 discusses resource space model, and chapter 4 discusses the integration of the semantic link network and the resource space model to form a single semantic image.)
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