TY  - JOUR
ID  - 20870260
AU  - Xue, Yunjiao
AU  - Ghenniwa, Hamada H.
AU  - Shen, Weiming
T1  - Frame-based ontological view for semantic integration
JO  - Journal of Network and Computer Applications
PB  - Elsevier
SP  - 121
EP  - 131
VL  - 35
IS  - 1
PY  - 2012
KW  - semantic integration; ontology; ontologicalview; frame; specification language
N2  - Semantic integration is crucial for successful collaboration between heterogeneous information systems. Traditional ontology-driven approaches rely on the availability of explicit ontologies. However, in most application domains, this prerequisite cannot be met. In order to address this issue, this paper investigates the theoretical foundation of ontologies and extends the traditional ontology concept to an ontologicalview concept. To explicitly and formally specify the ontologicalviews, a Frame-basedOntologicalview Specification Language (FOSL) is proposed. This language is based on the frame knowledge representation paradigm and uses XML as the encoding. The ontologicalview driven semanticintegration can be achieved based on the specifications. A proof-of-concept prototype environment has been implemented to achieve semanticintegrationbased on ontologicalviews specified with FOSL.
M1  - 53990
DO  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jnca.2011.02.010
U3  - NRC Institute for Research in Construction
U3  - Institut de recherche en construction du CNRC (IRC-IRC)
U3  - National Research Council Canada
U3  - Conseil national de recherches Canada (CNRC-NRC)
SN  - 1084-8045
ER  -