TY - GEN
T1 - Constructing complex semantic mappings between XML data and ontologies
AU - An, Yuan
AU - Borgida, Alex
AU - Mylopoulos, John
PY - 2005
Y1 - 2005
N2 - Much data is published on the Web in XML format satisfying schemas, and to make the Semantic Web a reality, such data needs to be interpreted with respect to ontologies. Interpretation is achieved through a semantic mapping between the XML schema and the ontology. We present work on the heuristic construction of complex such semantic mappings, when given an initial set of simple correspondences from XML schema attributes to datatype properties in the ontology. To accomplish this, we first offer a mapping formalism to capture the semantics of XML schemas. Second, we present our heuristic mapping construction algorithm. Finally, we show through an empirical study that considerable effort can be saved when constructing complex mappings by using our prototype tool.
AB - Much data is published on the Web in XML format satisfying schemas, and to make the Semantic Web a reality, such data needs to be interpreted with respect to ontologies. Interpretation is achieved through a semantic mapping between the XML schema and the ontology. We present work on the heuristic construction of complex such semantic mappings, when given an initial set of simple correspondences from XML schema attributes to datatype properties in the ontology. To accomplish this, we first offer a mapping formalism to capture the semantics of XML schemas. Second, we present our heuristic mapping construction algorithm. Finally, we show through an empirical study that considerable effort can be saved when constructing complex mappings by using our prototype tool.
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U2 - 10.1007/11574620_4
DO - 10.1007/11574620_4
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:33646421389
SN - 3540297545
SN - 9783540297543
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 6
EP - 20
BT - The Semantic Web, ISWC 2005 - 4th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2005, Proceedings
T2 - 4th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2005
Y2 - 6 November 2005 through 10 November 2005
ER -