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Object-oriented and ontology-alignment patterns-based expressive Mediation Bridge Ontology (MBO)
Journal of Information Science
  • Wajahat Ali Khan, Kyung Hee University
  • Muhammad Bilal Amin, Kyung Hee University
  • Asad Masood Khattak, Zayed University
  • Maqbool Hussain, Kyung Hee University
  • Muhammad Afzal, Kyung Hee University
  • Sungyoung Lee, Kyung Hee University
  • Eun Soo Kim, Kwangwoon University
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1-1-2015
Abstract

© The Author(s) 2015. The Semantic Web is dependent on extensive knowledge management by interlinking resources on the web using matching techniques. This role is played by the progressing domain of ontology matching, by introducing ontology-matching tools. The focus of these matching tools is limited to matching techniques and automation, rather than expressive formal representation of alignments. We propose Mediation Bridge Ontology (MBO), an expressive alignment representation ontology used to store correspondences between matching ontologies matched by our ontology-matching tool, System for Parallel Heterogeneity Resolution (SPHeRe). The MBO utilizes object-oriented design patterns and the proposed ontology-alignment design patterns to provide extendibility and reusability factors to SPHeRe system. We compared our proposed system with existing systems using Coupling Factor, Number of Polymorphic methods and Rate of Change metrics to support extendibility and reusability. These factors contribute to the overall objective of interoperability for knowledge management in the Semantic Web.

Publisher
SAGE Publications Ltd
Disciplines
Keywords
  • Design pattern,
  • interoperability,
  • matching,
  • ontology,
  • semantics
Scopus ID
84930407664
Indexed in Scopus
Yes
Open Access
No
https://doi.org/10.1177/0165551514560952
Citation Information
Wajahat Ali Khan, Muhammad Bilal Amin, Asad Masood Khattak, Maqbool Hussain, et al.. "Object-oriented and ontology-alignment patterns-based expressive Mediation Bridge Ontology (MBO)" Journal of Information Science Vol. 41 Iss. 3 (2015) p. 296 - 314 ISSN: <a href="https://v2.sherpa.ac.uk/id/publication/issn/0165-5515" target="_blank">0165-5515</a>
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/asad-khattak/69/