An information retrieval approach to ontology mapping

  • Authors:
  • Xiaomeng Su;Jon Atle Gulla

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer and Information Science, IDI, Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway;Department of Computer and Information Science, IDI, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway

  • Venue:
  • Data & Knowledge Engineering - Special issue: Application of natural language to information systems (NLDB04)
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

In this paper, we present a heuristic mapping method and a prototype mapping system that support the process of semi-automatic ontology mapping for the purpose of improving semantic interoperability in heterogeneous systems. The approach is based on the idea of semantic enrichment, i.e., using instance information of the ontology to enrich the original ontology and calculate similarities between concepts in two ontologies. The functional settings for the mapping system are discussed and the evaluation of the prototype implementation of the approach is reported.