We propose to enhance a schema integration process with a validation phase employing logic-based data models. In our methodology, we validate the source schemas against the data mo...
Ontologies are used to give meaning to resources on the Semantic Web and therefore the Semantic Web’s success in integrating and providing interoperability between different sou...
A logical database schema, e.g. a relational one, is an implementation of a speci cation, e.g. an entity-relationship diagram. Upcoming new data models and the necessity of seamle...
In this paper we present a new approach for building metadata schemas by integrating existing ontologies and structured vocabularies (thesauri). This integration is based on the s...
In spite of many standards efforts, Web services with similar or compatible functionalities often have heterogeneous semantics. One reason is the disparate ontologies used for ser...
Jingshan Huang, Rosa Laura Zavala Gutierrez, Benit...