Authors:
Seremeti Lambrini
and
Kameas Achilles
Affiliation:
Hellenic Open University, Greece
Keyword(s):
Ontologies, Alignments, Networks of Aligned Ontologies.
Related
Ontology
Subjects/Areas/Topics:
Artificial Intelligence
;
Biomedical Engineering
;
Collaboration and e-Services
;
Complex Systems Modeling and Simulation
;
Data Engineering
;
e-Business
;
Enterprise Information Systems
;
Health Information Systems
;
Integration/Interoperability
;
Interoperability
;
Knowledge Management and Information Sharing
;
Knowledge Management Projects
;
Knowledge-Based Systems
;
Ontologies and the Semantic Web
;
Sensor Networks
;
Simulation and Modeling
;
Software Agents and Internet Computing
;
Software and Architectures
;
Symbolic Systems
;
Tools and Technology for Knowledge Management
Abstract:
Next generation Semantic Web applications have to deal with the real world scenarios of heterogeneous and distributed knowledge in which collaboration based on knowledge is required. Knowledge is encoded in semantically rich structures, namely ontologies, while simultaneously, semantic links, that is, alignments are needed for their successful collaboration. The dynamic unification of a set of ontologies linked by alignments comprises a network of aligned ontologies. This paper presents some theoretical issues related to the area of networks of aligned ontologies, aiming at improving practical research directions. More specifically, we consider here the need, challenges and some guidelines for knowledge representation, management and propagation within networks of aligned ontologies.