Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have greatly advanced recommender systems, but have not fully utilized the semantic information in knowledge graphs (KGs) like RDF.
A new approach integrates RDF KGs with GNNs by leveraging topological and content information from RDF object and datatype properties.
The study evaluates various GNNs, analyzing how semantic feature initializations and graph structure heterogeneity affect their performance in recommendation tasks.
Experiments on multi-million-node RDF graphs show that leveraging RDF KGs' semantic richness significantly enhances recommender systems, paving the way for GNN-based systems in Linked Open Data cloud.