A Formal Foundation for Ontology-Alignment Interaction Models (2008)
Marco Schorlemmer, Yannis Kalfoglou, Manuel Atencia
Abstract. Ontology alignment foundations are hard to find in the literature. The abstract nature of the topic and the diverse means of practice make it difficult to capture it in a universal formal...
The Authors Marco, Marco Schorlemmer, Schorlemmer Ramón, Fellow International
tland, in 2000. His research interest is focusing on ontologies, in particular ontology-based services in a variety of application areas. He has researched extensively the intersection of software...
2 Centre for Intelligent Systems and their Applications (2007)
Yannis Kalfoglou, Marco Schorlemmer
Abstract. In order to tackle the need of sharing knowledge within and across organisational boundaries, the last decade has seen researchers both in academia and industry advocating for the use of...
A formal foundation for ontology alignment interaction models (2007)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Attencia, Manuel
Ontology alignment foundations are hard to find in the literature. The abstract nature of the topic and the diverse means of practice makes it difficult to capture it in a universal formal...
A formal foundation for ontology alignment interaction models (2007)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis, Attencia, Manuel
Ontology alignment foundations are hard to find in the literature. The abstract nature of the topic and the diverse means of practice makes it difficult to capture it in a universal formal...
OpenKnowledge Deliverable 3.1.: Dynamic Ontology Matching: a Survey (2006)
Shvaiko, Pavel, Giunchiglia, Fausto, Schorlemmer, Marco, McNeill, Fiona, Bundy, Alan, Marchese, Maurizio, ...
Matching has been recognized as a plausible solution for the semantic heterogeneity problem in many traditional applications, such as schema integration, ontology integration, data warehouses, data...
Open Knowledge: Semantic Webs Through Peer-to-Peer Interaction (2006)
Robertson, Dave, Giunchiglia, Fausto, Van Harmelen, Frank, Marchese, Maurizio, Sabou, Marta, Schorlemmer, Marco, ...
We present a manifesto for a new form of knowledge sharing that is based not on direct sharing of "true" statements about the world but, instead, is based on sharing descriptions of interactions. By...
OpenKnowledge ⋆ Deliverable 3.1.: Dynamic Ontology Matching: a Survey (2006)
Pavel Shvaiko, Fausto Giunchiglia, Marco Schorlemmer, Fiona Mcneill, Alan Bundy, Maurizio Marchese, ...
Abstract. Matching has been recognized as a plausible solution for the semantic heterogeneity problem in many traditional applications, such as schema integration, ontology integration, data...
Situated Semantic Alignment (2006)
Manuel Atencia, Marco Schorlemmer
Ontology matching is currently a key technology to achieve the semantic alignment of ontological entities used by knowledge-based applications, and therefore to enable their interoperability in...
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
We have been witnessing an explosion of user involvement in knowledge creation, publication and access both from within and between organisations. This is partly due to the widespread adoption of Web...
Progressive Ontology Alignment for Meaning Coordination: an Information-Theoretic Foundation (2005)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We elaborate on the mathematical foundations of the meaning coordination problem that agents face in open environments. We investigate to which extend the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow...
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
We have been witnessing an explosion of user involvement in knowledge creation, publication and access both from within and between organisations. This is partly due to the widespread adoption of Web...
Progressive Ontology Alignment for Meaning Coordination: an Information-Theoretic Foundation (2005)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We elaborate on the mathematical foundations of the meaning coordination problem that agents face in open environments. We investigate to which extend the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow...
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
We have been witnessing an explosion of user involvement in knowledge creation, publication and access both from within and between organisations. This is partly due to the widespread adoption of Web...
Progressive Ontology Alignment for Meaning Coordination: an Information-Theoretic Foundation (2005)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We elaborate on the mathematical foundations of the meaning coordination problem that agents face in open environments. We investigate to which extend the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow...
Progressive ontology alignment for meaning coordination: An information-theoretic foundation (2005)
We elaborate on the mathematical foundations of the meaning coordination problem that agents face in open environments. We investigate to which extend the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow...
Progressive ontology alignment for meaning coordination: An information-theoretic foundation (2005)
We elaborate on the mathematical foundations of the meaning coordination problem that agents face in open environments. We investigate to which extend the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow...
04391 Executive Summary -- Semantic Interoperability and Integration (2005)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco, Uschold, Michael, Sheth, Amit, Staab, Steffen, Executive Summary
Executive Summary of the Seminar on Semantic Interoperability and Integration held at Schloss Dagstuhl, September 19-24, 2004.
Ontology Mapping: The State of the Art (2005)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco, Mapping And Translation
Ontology mapping is seen as a solution provider in today's landscape of ontology research. As the number of ontologies that are made publicly available and accessible on the Web increases steadily,...
On the Mathematical Foundations of Semantic Interoperability and Integration (2005)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Breakout Sessions
We report on the issues discussed at the breakout session held at the Dagstuhl Seminar on Semantic Interoperability and Integration on September 23, 2004.
04391 Abstracts Collection -- Semantic Interoperability and Integration (2005)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco, Sheth, Amit, Staab, Steffen, Uschold, Michael, Abstracts Collection
From 19.09.04 to 24.09.04, the Dagstuhl Seminar 04391 ``Semantic Interoperability and Integration'' was held in the International Conference and Research Center (IBFI), Schloss Dagstuhl. During the...
Formal Support for Representing and Automating Semantic Interoperability (2004)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
We discuss approaches to semantic heterogeneity and propose a formalisation of semantic interoperability based on the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow. We argue for a theoretical framework...
On the emergent Semantic Web and overlooked issues (2004)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Alani, Harith, Schorlemmer, Marco, Walton, Chris
The emergent Semantic Web, despite being in its infancy, has already received a lot of attention from academia and industry. This resulted in an abundance of prototype systems and discussion most of...
A Channel-Theoretic foundation for ontology coordination (2004)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We address the mathematical foundations of the ontology coordination problem and investigate to which extent the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow may provide a faithful theoretical...
A Channel-Theoretic foundation for ontology coordination (2004)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We address the mathematical foundations of the ontology coordination problem and investigate to which extent the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow may provide a faithful theoretical...
Semantic Interoperability and Integration (2004)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco, Uschold, Mike, Sheth, Amit, Staab, Stefan
Executive summary
Formal Support for Representing and Automating Semantic Interoperability (2004)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
We discuss approaches to semantic heterogeneity and propose a formalisation of semantic interoperability based on the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow. We argue for a theoretical framework...
On the emergent Semantic Web and overlooked issues (2004)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Alani, Harith, Schorlemmer, Marco, Walton, Chris
The emergent Semantic Web, despite being in its infancy, has already received a lot of attention from academia and industry. This resulted in an abundance of prototype systems and discussion most of...
A Channel-Theoretic foundation for ontology coordination (2004)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We address the mathematical foundations of the ontology coordination problem and investigate to which extent the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow may provide a faithful theoretical...
A Channel-Theoretic foundation for ontology coordination (2004)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We address the mathematical foundations of the ontology coordination problem and investigate to which extent the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow may provide a faithful theoretical...
Semantic Interoperability and Integration (2004)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco, Uschold, Mike, Sheth, Amit, Staab, Stefan
Executive summary
Formal Support for Representing and Automating Semantic Interoperability (2004)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
We discuss approaches to semantic heterogeneity and propose a formalisation of semantic interoperability based on the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow. We argue for a theoretical framework...
On the emergent Semantic Web and overlooked issues (2004)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Alani, Harith, Schorlemmer, Marco, Walton, Chris
The emergent Semantic Web, despite being in its infancy, has already received a lot of attention from academia and industry. This resulted in an abundance of prototype systems and discussion most of...
A Channel-Theoretic foundation for ontology coordination (2004)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We address the mathematical foundations of the ontology coordination problem and investigate to which extent the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow may provide a faithful theoretical...
A Channel-Theoretic foundation for ontology coordination (2004)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We address the mathematical foundations of the ontology coordination problem and investigate to which extent the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow may provide a faithful theoretical...
Semantic Interoperability and Integration (2004)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco, Uschold, Mike, Sheth, Amit, Staab, Stefan
Executive summary
Formal support for representing and automating semantic interoperability (2004)
Yannis Kalfoglou, Marco Schorlemmer
Abstract. Semantic interoperability has become a key issue for realizing the Semantic Web in its full potential. However, there is a lot of controversy regarding the meaning and scope of the term and...
On the Emergent Semantic Web and Overlooked Issues (2004)
Yannis Kalfoglou, Harith Alani, Marco Schorlemmer, Chris Walton
The emergent Semantic Web, despite being in its infancy, has already received a lot of attention from academia and industry. This resulted in an abundance of prototype systems and discussion most of...
A channel theoretic foundation for ontology coordination (2004)
Marco Schorlemmer, Yannis Kalfoglou
Abstract. We address the mathematical foundations of the ontology coordination problem and investigate to which extend the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow may provide a faithful...
On the Emergent Semantic Web and Overlooked Issues (2004)
Yannis Kalfoglou, Harith Alani, Marco Schorlemmer, Chris Walton
Abstract. The emergent Semantic Web, despite being in its infancy, has already received a lot of attention from academia and industry. This resulted in an abundance of prototype systems and...
A channel theoretic foundation for ontology coordination (2004)
Marco Schorlemmer, Yannis Kalfoglou
Abstract. We address the mathematical foundations of the ontology coordination problem and investigate to which extend the Barwise-Seligman theory of information flow may provide a faithful...
Formal Support for Representing and Automating Semantic Interoperability (2004)
Yannis Kalfoglou, Marco Schorlemmer
We discuss approaches to semantic heterogeneity and propose a formalisation of semantic interoperability based on the BarwiseSeligman theory of information flow. We argue for a theoretical framework...
IF-Map: an ontology mapping method based on Information Flow theory (2003)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
In order to tackle the need of sharing knowledge within and across organisational boundaries, the last decade has seen researchers both in academia and industry advocating for the use of ontologies...
IF-Map: an ontology mapping method based on Information Flow theory (2003)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
In order to tackle the need of sharing knowledge within and across organisational boundaries, the last decade has seen researchers both in academia and industry advocating for the use of ontologies...
IF-Map: an ontology mapping method based on Information Flow theory (2003)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
In order to tackle the need of sharing knowledge within and across organisational boundaries, the last decade has seen researchers both in academia and industry advocating for the use of ontologies...
Ontology Extraction for Distributed Environments (2003)
Sleeman, Derek, Robertson, David, Potter, Stephen, Schorlemmer, Marco
Existing knowledge base resources have the potential to be valuable components of the Semantic Web and similar knowledge-based environments. However, from the perspective of these environments, these...
Using Information Flow Theory to Enable Semantic Interoperability (2003)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We observe an ever growing need for integration in today's research agendas across a variety of organisations. The proliferation of ontologies and other similar knowledge-rich and labour-intensive...
On Semantic Interoperability and the Flow of Information (2003)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
We discuss current approaches that, for the sake of automation, provide formal treatments to the problem of semantic interoperability and integration, and we reflect upon the suitability of the...
Ontology mapping: the state of the art (2003)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
Ontology mapping is seen as a solution provider in today's landscape of ontology research. As the number of ontologies that are made publicly available and accessible on the Web increases steadily,...
Ontology mapping: the state of the art (2003)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
Ontology mapping is seen as a solution provider in today's landscape of ontology research. As the number of ontologies that are made publicly available and accessible on the Web increases steadily,...
Ontology mapping: the state of the art (2003)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
Ontology mapping is seen as a solution provider in today's landscape of ontology research. As the number of ontologies that are made publicly available and accessible on the Web increases steadily,...
Using Information Flow Theory to Enable Semantic Interoperability (2003)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We observe an ever growing need for integration in today's research agendas across a variety of organisations. The proliferation of ontologies and other similar knowledge-rich and labour-intensive...
On Semantic Interoperability and the Flow of Information (2003)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
We discuss current approaches that, for the sake of automation, provide formal treatments to the problem of semantic interoperability and integration, and we reflect upon the suitability of the...
Using Information Flow Theory to Enable Semantic Interoperability (2003)
Schorlemmer, Marco, Kalfoglou, Yannis
We observe an ever growing need for integration in today's research agendas across a variety of organisations. The proliferation of ontologies and other similar knowledge-rich and labour-intensive...
On Semantic Interoperability and the Flow of Information (2003)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
We discuss current approaches that, for the sake of automation, provide formal treatments to the problem of semantic interoperability and integration, and we reflect upon the suitability of the...
On semantic interoperability and the flow of information (2003)
Marco Schorlemmer, Yannis Kalfoglou
Abstract. We discuss current approaches that, for the sake of automation, provide formal treatments to the problem of semantic interoperability and integration, and we reflect upon the suitability of...
Ontology Mapping: The State of the Art (2003)
Yannis Kalfoglou, Marco Schorlemmer
Ontology mapping is seen as a solution provider in today's landscape of ontology research. As the number of ontologies that are made publicly available and accessible on the Web increases...
Ontology Mapping: The State of the Art (2003)
Yannis Kalfoglou, Marco Schorlemmer
Abstract. Ontology mapping is seen as a solution provider in today’s landscape of ontology research. As the number of ontologies that are made publicly available and accessible on the Web increases...
Ontology Mapping: The State of the Art (2003)
Yannis Kalfoglou, Marco Schorlemmer
Ontology mapping is seen as a solution provider in today’s landscape of ontology research. As the number of ontologies that are made publicly available and accessible on the Web increases steadily,...
Information Flow based ontology mapping (2002)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
As ontologies become ever more important for semantically-rich information exchange and a crucial element for supporting knowledge sharing in a large distributed environment, like the Web, the demand...
Information Flow based ontology mapping (2002)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
As ontologies become ever more important for semantically-rich information exchange and a crucial element for supporting knowledge sharing in a large distributed environment, like the Web, the demand...
Information Flow based ontology mapping (2002)
Kalfoglou, Yannis, Schorlemmer, Marco
As ontologies become ever more important for semantically-rich information exchange and a crucial element for supporting knowledge sharing in a large distributed environment, like the Web, the demand...
2002b) Knowledge LifeCycle Management over a Distributed Architecture. Expert Update (2002)
Marco Schorlemmer, Stephen Potter, David Robertson, Derek Sleeman
In order to address problems stemming from the dynamic nature of distributed systems, there is a need to be able to express the often neglected notions of the evolution and change of the knowledge...
Information-Flow-based Ontology Mapping (2002)
Yannis Kalfoglou, Marco Schorlemmer
Abstract. As ontologies become ever more important for semanticallyrich information exchange and a crucial element for supporting knowledge sharing in a large distributed environment, like the Web,...
Duality in knowledge sharing (2002)
Marco Schorlemmer, Marco Schorlemmer, W. Marco Schorlemmer
I propose a formalisation of knowledge sharing scenarios that aims at capturing the crucial role played by an existing duality between ontological theories one wants to merge and particular...
Ontology Extraction for Distributed Environments (2002)
Derek Sleeman, Stephen Potter, Dave Robertson, Marco Schorlemmer
Existing knowledge base resources have the potential to be valuable components of the Semantic Web and similar knowledge-based environments. However, from the perspective of these environments, these...
Knowledge Life-Cycle Management over a Distributed Architecture (2002)
Marco Schorlemmer, Stephen Potter, David Robertson, Derek Sleeman
In order to address problems stemming from the dynamic nature of distributed systems, there is a need to be able to express the often neglected notions of the evolution and change of the knowledge...