MDSS: A framework for the Integration of Ontology Mapping Tools.
Gabriele Marcelli, Tania Di Mascio, Fulvio D’Antonio · Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives · 2006
In the last period there has been a proliferation of tools that support users in discovering mappings among given ontologies in an automatic or semi-automatic way. However the way such tools are developed is unstandardized: they usually differ in input/output formats, type of user interaction and external resources exploited, hindering the possibility of making them interoperate (for example composing different mapping algorithms). In this paper we propose MDSS (Mapping Discovery Support System) a framework for the integration of mapping tools, aiming at solving interoperability issues among different mapping discovery tools and at supporting users in choosing the best suited mapping discovery algorithm for their needs. Keywords— ontology alignment, ontology mapping, mapping discovery, service-oriented architecture.