ACS/IEEE 2005 International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA'05)
Towards a multi-representation ontology-based information systems mediation
Cairo, Egypt
January 03-January 06
ISBN: 0-7803-8735-X
D.A. Bensaber, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Sidi Bel Abbes Univ., Algeria
M. Malki, Dept. of Comput. Sci., Sidi Bel Abbes Univ., Algeria
Summary form only given. Recent research shows that ontologies are a prominent tool for the semantic interoperability of information sources. Unfortunately, semantic interoperability is not easy to achieve, as related knowledge is most likely to be described in different terms using different assumptions and different data structures. In this paper we provide an interoperability solution based on semantic mediation permitting to define a system of sharing, retrieving and transparent access to the heterogeneous information sources. The proposed approach is based on a multi-representation ontology specified in description logics extended by stamping mechanism. This solution provides a structured and shared vocabulary of several domains. This serves as support to a semantic mediator, to localize the necessary sources, analyze the request for distributed extraction of data and recompose the results in a user answer.
Citation:
S.M. Benslimane, D.A. Bensaber, M. Malki, "Towards a multi-representation ontology-based information systems mediation," aiccsa, pp.44-I, ACS/IEEE 2005 International Conference on Computer Systems and Applications (AICCSA'05), 2005