May 15, 2025
Conference Paper

Contradictory Ambiguous Revocable Assertion Tracker (CARAT) Encoding

Abstract

How data is encoded in a knowledge graph directly influences what can be done with that data. A common problem with many encodings is that they have difficulty representing ambiguity and evolution inherent in many real-world data sets. The data encoding represented in this paper (called CARAT) is a graph-level description of our attempt to capture data that is contradictory, ambiguous and evolves over time (including deleting information). The data encoding relies on tracking assertions about subjects rather than directly tracking states. This encoding decision resolves many issues our team had experienced using other data encodings but produces a a larger graph. This is a preliminary presentation of our experience with CARAT.

Published: May 15, 2025

Citation

Cottam J.A., P.S. Mackey, S. Purohit, and G. Chin Jr. 2024. Contradictory Ambiguous Revocable Assertion Tracker (CARAT) Encoding. In IEEE International Conference on Big Data (BigData 2024), December 15-18, 2024, Washington, D.C., 3391-3400. Piscataway, New Jersey:IEEE. PNNL-SA-205468. doi:10.1109/BigData62323.2024.10825711

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