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An Analysis of the Origin of Ontology Mismatches on the Semantic Web

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An Analysis of the Origin of Ontology Mismatches on the Semantic Web
Despite the potential of domain ontologies to provide consensual representations of domain-relevant knowledge, the open, distributed and decentralized nature of the Semantic Web means that individuals will rarely, if ever, countenance a common set of terminological and representational commitments during the ontology design process. More often than not, differences between ontologies are likely to occur, and this is the case even when the ontologies describe identical or overlapping domains of interest. Differences between ontologies are often referred to as ontology mismatches and there is an extensive research literature geared towards the technologymediated reconciliation of such mismatches. Our approach in the current paper is not to comment on the relative merits or demerits of the various technological solutions that could be used to resolve ontological differences; rather, we aim to explore the reasons why such differences may arise in the first place. In addition to a review of...
Paul R. Smart, Paula C. Engelbrecht
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Type Conference
Year 2008
Where EKAW
Authors Paul R. Smart, Paula C. Engelbrecht
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