Data on the web management system: a reference model

The significant amount of data available on the Web has created new challenges for both those who want to publish and share data on the Web as well as those who wish to use such data. Over the years, several solutions have been developed aiming the publishing and sharing of data on the Web. However, existing solutions are mainly focused on how to offer data access. Moreover, other tasks should also be considered, such as the data creation and the data maintenance. In this context, the primary goal of this work is to propose a reference model for a Data on The Web Management System (DWMS). The proposed model offers a collection of services to help data sharing on the Web. In general, such services aim to facilitate the definition, creation, maintenance, manipulation, and sharing of datasets on the Web across multiple users and applications. It is important to note that the proposal of our model was guided by a set of Data on the Web Best Practices proposed by the W3C.