EA: thank you

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+#let keywords = ("Semantic Web", "Update Queries", "Solid")
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+#let supervisors = ("Dr. ir. Ruben Taelman", "Prof. dr. ir. Ruben Verborgh")
+#let counsellors = ("Dr. ir. Ruben Taelman", "Bryan-Elliott Tam")
+
+#let abstract-text = [
+// Context
+Data is the new gold, you hear it constantly.
+Much of that gold, flows through Web technologies into centralized data stores of massive companies like Amazon, Google, and TikTok.
+The Web, however, was envisioned as a decentralized information space to which anyone could read and write information. // Remember good old Wikipedia?
+Todays centralization of data causes numerous problems, such as privacy related-issues and the centralization of attention.
+The centralization of attention and media control causes social turbulence.
+Such as the US ban on TikTok or more recently the ban of TikTok by France in response to protests.
+In a response to these crises, various initiatives are working towards re-decentralizing the Web, such as Solid and Mastodon.
+// Need
+The re-decentralization of the Web comes with various challenges to overcome since the world is not the same as it used to.
+These challenges range from efficient and interoperable reading and writing to expressing potentially complex usage/ access policies.
+Efficient reading in de context of a decentralized permissioned ecosystem has received some research attention, but writing remains rather unexplored.
+// Task
+We therefore looked at the current state of the Solid specification to investigate the problems and data dependencies updates currently face.
+// Object
+The most problematic was access path dependence, where writers of data need to explicitly specify a location to write or update data.
+Similar problems are present when reading data in Solid, but are abstracted through the use of a query engine.
+We therefore investigate the possibility of a query engine that can create/ update resources without data dependencies. 
+// Findings
+Our evaluations show that such a query engine can be created by providing a structural description and has limited overhead.
+// Conclusion
+Having a data dependency free approach to update decentralized data is of huge importance in the adaptation of decentralized systems,
+As it allows easier management of data. 
+// Perspectives
+The current implantation is limited to updating data of one federation, additional research is required to support inter-federation updates. 
+]
+
+#let acknowledgements = [
+I would like to acknowledge everyone who accompanied me during my Bachelor and Master.
+Through my devotion, and their support during both my Master's and Bachelor's education, I have been able to expand my knowledge.
+Allowing me to grow both individually and academically.
+Reducing the scope to this Master dissertation, I would specifically like to thank
+my promotors #supervisors.join(" and ") for expecting the best in me and supporting me academically.
+Beyond their academic support, they have gone beyond what was expected from them and also allowed me to talk to them about life.
+In my personal spheres, I would like to explicitly thank my parents and my girlfriend, as well as my friends.
+]