Dr.-Ing. Thomas Hartmann, M.Sc. (TUM)

Thomas Hartmann studied information systems and holds degrees in Computer Science from TU Munich (M.Sc.) and KIT Karlsruhe (PhD).

His research topic is all about RDF validation. He investigates how to validate any RDF constraints (formulated by arbitrary constraint languages) and how to express them generically. He presented his work at international conferences and workshops (e.g. WWW, ISWC, DC, and Dagstuhl seminars). Thomas Hartmann is member of the RDF Vocabularies Working Group of the DDI Alliance, part of the editorial board of the DCMI RDF Application Profiles Task Group, editor of the specifications DDI-RDF Discovery Vocabulary (Disco) and Physical Data Description (PHDD), and contributes to the W3C RDF Data Shapes Working Group.

Publications

2016

• Joachim Wackerow, Larry Hoyle and Thomas Bosch: Physical Data Description, DDI Alliance, 2016.
• Thomas Hartmann, Benjamin Zapilko, Joachim Wackerow and Kai Eckert: Validating RDF Data Quality using Constraints to Direct the Development of Constraint Languages in Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Semantic Computing (ICSC 2016), IEEE Laguna Hills, California, USA, 2016.
• Thomas Hartmann: Validation Framework for RDF-based Constraint Languages - PhD Thesis Research Data, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, 2016.
• Thomas Hartmann: Validation Framework for RDF-based Constraint Languages, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, 2016.
• Thomas Hartmann: Validation Framework for RDF-based Constraint Languages - PhD Thesis Appendix, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, 2016.
• Zapilko Hartmann and K. Eckert: Directing the Development of Constraint Languages by Checking Constraints on RDF Data in International Journal of Semantic Computing, 10(2), 193 - 217, DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/S1793351X16400079, 2016.
• Thomas Bosch, Richard Cyganiak, Joachim Wackerow and Benjamin Zapilko: DDI-RDF Discovery Vocabulary: A Vocabulary for Publishing Metadata about Data Sets (Research and Survey Data) into the Web of Linked Data, DDI Alliance, 2016.

2015

• Thomas Bosch and Kai Eckert: Guidance, Please! Towards a Framework for RDF-based Constraint Languages in Proceedings of the 15th DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC 2015) São Paulo, Brazil, 2015.
• Thomas Bosch, Erman Acar, Andreas Nolle and Kai Eckert: The Role of Reasoning for RDF Validation in Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Semantic Systems (SEMANTiCS 2015), pp. 33-40, ISBN 978-1-4503-3462-4, DOI 10.1145/2814864.2814867, ACM Vienna, Austria, 2015.
• Johanna Vompras, Arofan Gregory, Thomas Bosch and Joachim Wackerow: Scenarios for the DDI-RDF Discovery Vocabulary in DDI Working Paper Series, ISSN 2153-8247, DOI http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/DDISemanticWeb02, 2015.
• Johann Schaible, Benjamin Zapilko, Thomas Bosch and Wolfgang Zenk-Möltgen: Linking Study Descriptions to the Linked Open Data Cloud in IASSIST Quarterly 38(4) & 39(1), pp. 38-46, 2015.
• Thomas Hartmann, Benjamin Zapilko, Joachim Wackerow and Kai Eckert: Evaluating the Quality of RDF Data Sets on Common Vocabularies in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences in Computing Research Repository (CoRR) abs/1504.04478, 2015.
• Thomas Bosch and Brigitte Mathiak: Use Cases Related to an Ontology of the Data Documentation Initiative in IASSIST Quarterly 38(4) & 39(1), pp. 25-37, 2015.
• Thomas Hartmann, Benjamin Zapilko, Joachim Wackerow and Kai Eckert: Constraints to Validate RDF Data Quality on Common Vocabularies in the Social, Behavioral, and Economic Sciences in Computing Research Repository (CoRR) abs/1504.04479, 2015.
• Miika Alonen, Thomas Bosch, Valentine Charles, Robina Clayphan, Karen Coyle, Evelyn Dröge, Antoine Isaac, Mark Matienzo, Adrian Pohl, Stefanie Rühle and Lars Svensson: Report on Validation Requirements, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), 2015.
• Thomas Bosch and Benjamin Zapilko: Semantic Web Applications for the Social Sciences in IASSIST Quarterly 38(4) & 39(1), pp. 7-16, 2015.
• Thomas Bosch, Olof Olsson, Arofan Gregory and Joachim Wackerow: DDI-RDF Discovery - A Discovery Model for Microdata in IASSIST Quarterly 38(4) & 39(1), pp. 17-24, 2015.
• Thomas Bosch, Andreas Nolle, Erman Acar and Kai Eckert: RDF Validation Requirements - Evaluation and Logical Underpinning in Computing Research Repository (CoRR) abs/1501.03933, 2015.
• Miika Alonen, Thomas Bosch, Valentine Charles, Robina Clayphan, Karen Coyle, Evelyn Dröge, Antoine Isaac, Mark Matienzo, Adrian Pohl, Stefanie Rühle and Lars Svensson: Report on the Current State: Use Cases and Validation Requirements, Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI), 2015.

2014

• Thomas Bosch and Kai Eckert: Requirements on RDF Constraint Formulation and Validation in Proceedings of the 14th DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC 2014) Austin, Texas, USA, 2014.
• Thomas Bosch and Kai Eckert: Towards Description Set Profiles for RDF using SPARQL as Intermediate Language in Proceedings of the 14th DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC 2014) Austin, Texas, USA, 2014.
• Thomas Bosch, Andias Wira-Alam and Brigitte Mathiak: Designing an Ontology for the Data Documentation Initiative in Computing Research Repository (CoRR) abs/1402.3470, 2014.

2013

• Thomas Bosch, Benjamin Zapilko, Joachim Wackerow and Arofan Gregory: Towards the Discovery of Person-Level Data - Reuse of Vocabularies and Related Use Cases in Proceedings of the 1st International Workshop on Semantic Statistics (SemStats 2013), 12th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2013), Sydney, Australia, 2013.
• Thomas Bosch, Richard Cyganiak, Arofan Gregory and Joachim Wackerow: DDI-RDF Discovery Vocabulary: A Metadata Vocabulary for Documenting Research and Survey Data in Proceedings of the 6th Workshop on Linked Data on the Web (LDOW 2013), 22nd International World Wide Web Conference (WWW 2013) 996 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2013.
• Thomas Bosch and Brigitte Mathiak: Evaluation of a Generic Approach for Designing Domain Ontologies Based on XML Schemas, Gesis - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Mannheim, Germany, 2013.
• Thomas Bosch and Brigitte Mathiak: How to Accelerate the Process of Designing Domain Ontologies based on XML Schemas in International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies - Special Issue on Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies for Web Intelligence in International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies 8, pp. 254 - 266, ISBN 978-3-642-12813-4, DOI 10.1504/IJMSO.2013.057760, Inderscience, 2013.

2012

• Thomas Bosch, Richard Cyganiak, Joachim Wackerow and Benjamin Zapilko: Leveraging the DDI Model for Linked Statistical Data in the Social, Behavioural, and Economic Sciences in Proceedings of the 12th DCMI International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC 2012) Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia, 2012.
• Thomas Bosch and Brigitte Mathiak: XSLT Transformation Generating OWL Ontologies Automatically Based on XML Schemas in Proceedings of the 6th International Conference for Internet Technology and Secured Transactions (ICITST 2011), IEEE Xplore Digital Library, pp. 660-667 Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, 2012.
• Thomas Bosch: Reusing XML Schemas’ Information as a Foundation for Designing Domain Ontologies in The Semantic Web - ISWC 2012 in Lecture Notes in Computer Science 7650, pp. 437-440, ISBN 978-3-642-35172-3, DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-35173-0_34, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2012.
• William Block, Thomas Bosch, Bryan Fitzpatrick, Dan Gillman, Jay Greenfield, Arofan Gregory, Marcel Hebing, Larry Hoyle, Chuck Humphrey, Jon Johnson, Jenny Linnerud, Brigitte Mathiak, Steven McEachern, Barry Radler, Ørnulf Risnes, Dan Smith, Wendy Thomas, Joachim Wackerow, Dennis Wegener and Wolfgang Zenk-Möltgen: Developing a Model-Driven DDI Specification in DDI Working Paper Series, ISSN 2153-8247, 2012.

2011

• Thomas Bosch, Andias Wira-Alam and Brigitte Mathiak: Designing an Ontology for the Data Documentation Initiative in Proceedings of the 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2011), Poster-Session Heraklion, Greece, 2011.
• Thomas Bosch and Brigitte Mathiak: Generic Multilevel Approach Designing Domain Ontologies Based on XML Schemas in Proceedings of the 1st Workshop Ontologies Come of Age in the Semantic Web (OCAS 2011), 10th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2011), pp. 1-12 Bonn, Germany, 2011.