Evolution Management for Interconnected Ontologies

Authors: 
Klein, M.; Stuckenschmidt, H.
Author: 
Klein, M
Stuckenschmidt, H
Year: 
2003
Venue: 
Proc. ICSW-Workshop on Semantic Integration
URL: 
http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Publications/CEUR-WS/Vol-82/SI_paper_10.pdf
Citations: 
13
Citations range: 
10 - 49
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Mappings between ontologies are
changes in the ontologies. In this explain
a mechanism to define modular
and mappings in a way that allows containment
of terminological reasoning.
developed a change detection and
that predicts the effect of changes
hierarchy. This method determines
changes in one ontology affect the inside
other ontologies or not. Together, mechanisms
allow ontologies to evolve unpredictable
effects on other ontologies.
we also apply these methods in a
undertaken in a EU IST project.