Abstract:
An apparatus and method for recommending contents based on a metadata graph are provided. The apparatus includes a contents metadata acquirer configured to acquire metadata of contents, a contents-related data acquirer configured to acquire contents-related data from the Web, a metadata graph generator configured to analyze acquired contents metadata and contents-related data to generate a metadata graph, a metadata graph DB configured to store a metadata graph generated by the metadata graph generator, and a contents recommender configured to search for contents that are similar to specific contents viewed by a user through a contents output terminal using the metadata graph stored in the metadata graph DB, and recommend the searched contents to the user through the contents output terminal.