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Semantic Data Integration and Knowledge Representation for the Real Estate Domain

MASTER Assignment

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Type : Master M-CS

Period: February - July, 2025

Student : Plentinger, C.S. (Casper, Student M-CS)

Date Final project: July 16, 2025

Thesis

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Abstract:

The lack of standardised data models in the real estate sector presents significant challenges for the interoperability of software systems managing property listing data. Diverse XML and JSON structures that often lack formal schema definitions hinder automated data exchange. This thesis proposes a semantic data integration approach that applies ontology engineering and schema mapping to harmonise diverse data structures into a global semantic model. The developed ontology captures the core concepts of real estate listings and serves as the foundation for this integration approach. Using prototype implementations, we demonstrate how data from different sources can be transformed and aligned with the global model, enabling unified data retrieval through standard semantic web technologies such as RDF and SPARQL.