1st Edition
Formal Methods for Managing and Processing Ontology Alignments
1 Introduction
1.1 Understanding ontology alignment
1.2 The subject of this book
1.3 The contributions of this work
1.4 The structure of this book
2 A formal model of ontology and ontology alignment
2.1 Basic notions
2.2 Methods of providing semantics of attributes and relations
2.3 Ontology alignment
2.4 Conclusions
3 Classification of ontology alignment techniques
3.1 Designating ontology alignments
3.2 Managing ontology evolution and maintaining ontology alignments over time
3.3 Evaluating the quality of ontology alignments
3.4 Conclusions
4 Fuzzy logic framework for ontology alignment
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Aligning ontologies on the concept level
4.3 Aligning ontologies on the relation level
4.4 Aligning ontologies on the instance level
4.5 Conclusions
5 Ontology evolution and version management in ontology alignment
5.1 Introduction
5.2 Tracking changes in evolving ontologies
5.3 Assessing the significance of ontology modifications
5.4 Methods for updating ontology alignment
5.5 Measuring the level of knowledge about ontology interoperability
5.6 Conclusions
6 Advanced methods of assessing ontology alignment
6.1 Content based methods of assessing ontology alignment quality
6.2 Applicability analysis
6.3 Conclusions
7 Conclusions
Biography
Marcin Pietranik is an assistant professor at Wrocław University of Science and Technology. He holds a deep interest in the areas of knowledge management and intelligent data processing technologies. He published more than 50 articles and participated in organizing several scientific conferences devoted to his research interests. His academic expertise is enriched by practical knowledge of modern web technologies, particularly within medical and telecommunication projects.
