From Web Data to Entities and Back

We present the Entity Name System (ENS), an enabling infrastructure, which can host descriptions of named entities and provide unique identifiers, on large-scale. In this way, it opens new perspectives to realize entity-oriented, rather than keyword-oriented, Web information systems. We describe the architecture and the functionality of the ENS, along with tools, which all contribute to realize the Web of entities.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2010
• Where: CAISE
• Authors: Zoltán Miklós, Nicolas Bonvin, Paolo Bouquet, Michele Catasta, Daniele Cordioli, Peter Fankhauser, Julien Gaugaz, Ekaterini Ioannou, Hristo Koshutanski, Antonio Maña
• Keywords: CAISE 2010, Entity Name System, Information Technology, Unique Identifiers, Web Information Systems