Ontology Alignment: Bridging the Semantic Gap

By Marc Ehrig

A large number of information systems use many different individual schemas to represent data. Semantically linking these schemas is a necessary precondition to establish interoperability between agents and services. Consequently, ontology alignment and mapping for data integration has become central to building a world-wide semantic web.

Ontology Alignment: Bridging the Semantic Gap introduces novel methods and approaches for semantic integration. In addition to developing new methods for ontology alignment, the author provides extensive explanations of up-to-date case studies. The topic of this book, coupled with the application-focused methodology, will appeal to professionals from a number of different domains.

Designed for practitioners and researchers in industry, Ontology Alignment: Bridging the Semantic Web Gap is also suitable for advanced-level students in computer science and electrical engineering.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 038732805X
• ISBN13: 9780387328058
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Springer
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.2"