A Tool to Support Ontology Creation Based on Incremental Mini-Ontology Merging

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A Tool to Support Ontology Creation Based on
Incremental Mini-Ontology Merging

• Zonghui Lian
• Data Extraction Research Group
• Supported by

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Introduction

• Data extraction
• Web annotation
• Semantic web

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Motivation Ontology Creation

• Information collection and analysis
• Concept and relationship design
• Iterative construction

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TANGO Table ANalysis for Generating Ontologies
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TANGO Table ANalysis for Generating Ontologies
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Ontology Creation Based on Incremental
Mini-Ontology Merging
Geopolitical Domain Ontology
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Ontology Creation Based on Incremental
Mini-Ontology Merging
Geopolitical Domain Ontology
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Ontology Creation Based on Incremental
Mini-Ontology Merging
Geopolitical Domain Ontology
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Ontology Creation Based on Incremental
Mini-Ontology Merging
Geopolitical Domain Ontology
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Ontology Creation Based on Incremental
Mini-Ontology Merging
Geopolitical Domain Ontology
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Ontology Mapping and Merging

• Create mappings
• Detect and resolve conflicts
• Perform merging
• Process semi-automatically/automatically

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Features

• Mapping and merging
• Graphical view
• Textual view
• Issue-Default-Suggestion (IDS) statements
• Manual, semi-automatic, automatic modes
• APIs for mapping and merging algorithms
• Ontology components
• Instance values
• Mapping information

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Mapping and Merging
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Mapping and Merging
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Mapping and Merging
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Mapping and Merging
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Mapping and Merging
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Mapping and Merging
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Mapping and Merging
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Mapping and Merging
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Mapping and Merging
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Mapping and Merging
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OSM-L
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Mapping and Merging
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Mapping and Merging
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Mapping and Merging
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Semi-Automatic and Automatic Models
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API for Mapping and Merging Algorithms

• Register file
• Java interface class Algorithm

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API for Mapping and Merging Algorithms
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API for Mapping and Merging Algorithms

• 74 Methods
• Access/control the target and source ontology
  components
• Create/delete mappings between ontology
  components and data instances

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Validation

• Test the usability of the tool
• 12 ontologies in the geopolitical domain.
• 76 object sets, 63 relationship sets.
• OntologyEditor only, manual, semi-automatic and
  automatic mode.

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Validation
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Validation

• Test the usability of the tool
• 12 ontologies in the geopolitical domain.
• 76 object sets, 63 relationship sets.
• OntologyEditor only, manual, semi-automatic and
  automatic mode.
• Test the API with Naïve mapping and Merging
  algorithms

Methods OntologyEditor Manual Mode Semi-Automatic Mode Automatic Mode
Time 65 minutes 30 minutes 26 minutes 25 minutes
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Contribution

• A tool for ontology mapping and merging
• Manual
• Semi-automatic/automatic
• API for plug-in algorithms
• TANGO ontology creation