Semantic Wiki Example

The example shows how semantic Wiki can be used to express a semantic network, or topic map, or an ontology.

Definition

A Semantic Network contains:

Topics (notions, nouns, entities): 
Topics are the nodes in the semantic network and are represented as wiki pages.

Associations (relations, connections): 
Associations are the edges in the semantic network. 
An association is represented as an annotation in a semantic wiki an by wiki page.

As an introductory example we use the following relationships: Countries are famous for their special food (including beverages). People like certain food, e.g.:

Example

Vizigator of Ontopia

• Italy is famous for wine.
• Greece is famous for wine.
• Greece is famous for cheese.
• France is famous for cheese.
• France is famous for wine.
• Germany is famous for cake.
• Germany is famous for dark bread.
• Germany is famous for sausages.
• Germany is famous for beer.
• Norway is famous for salmon.
• China is famous for rice.
• The Philippines are famous for halo-halo.
• The Philippines are famous for rice.

• Anne likes cheese.
• Peter likes sausages.
• Peter likes beer.
• Ronald likes rice.
• Jeremy likes cheese.
• Jeremy likes wine.
• Uwe likes beer.
• Petra likes cheese.
• Anne likes halo-halo.
• Maria likes cake.