Discovering Mappings between Ontologies in Semantic Integration Process
Authors:
Leonid Stoimenov, Aleksandar Stanimirović, Slobodanka Đorđević-Kajan
Keywords:
ontology, semantic heterogeneity, semantic mappings, GIS interoperability
Publication:
In Proceedings of 9th AGILE International Conference on Geographic Information Science “Shaping the Future of Geographic Information Science in Europe”
Issue date:
April 2006
Abstract:
The use of ontologies in semantic translation is a viable approach to overcome the problem of semantic heterogeneity. In our framework (called GeoNis) for GIS interoperability, based on Semantic Mediator, semantic heterogeneity is resolved by using a hybrid ontology approach. Thispaper presents our approach to mappings between community terminologies (local ontologies) andmappings between local ontology and top-level ontology. As a main contribution, paper defines off-line discovering of mappings between concepts from two local ontologies.
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