Concept Maps from RDF (Resource Description Framework) Navy SBIR FY2013.2 Sol No.: Navy SBIR FY2013.2 Topic No.: N132-128 Topic Title: Concept Maps from RDF (Resource Description Framework) Proposal No.: N132-128-0853 Firm: VIStology, Inc 5 Mountainview Drive Framingham, Massachusetts 01701-3000 Contact: Jakub Moskal Phone: (508) 788-5088 Web Site: www.vistology.com Abstract: Development of intelligence products, especially when HUMINT and OSINT are involved, requires sifting through enormous amounts of (mainly unstructured) information. Although SMATs are a great way of achieving progress, most of the SMATs that have been evaluated by the Social Science Board (SSB) thus far have initially fallen in the "poor" and "weak" categories. Thus it is clear that tools that support the development and especially the use of SMATs are needed. VIStology will develop a tool that will take in information represented in RDF and produce visual output that is meaningful to the analyst, called concept map. The problem to be addressed in this research is the transformation of RDF to concept maps so that the resulting concept map is relevant to a specific analyst's question, includes the appropriate context, and is presented in a more abstract form than the original RDF so that it is easy to comprehend. Benefits: The main objective of this project will be to develop a tool that will support the intelligence analyst in his/her work so that the analyst can process more information in shorter time and develop higher quality products than it is possible today. The net result of the analyst's work will be saving lives of our soldiers and innocent people. Return