Journal on Data Semantics XI

• Main Authors: Hutchison, David, Kanade, Takeo, Kittler, Josef, Halpin, Terry, Staab, Steffen, Svatek, Vojtech, Shvaiko, Pavel, Roddick, John F
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin / Heidelberg 2008; Springer Berlin Heidelberg; Springer
• Edition: 1
• Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science
• Subjects: Computer Communication Networks; Computer Science; Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery; Database Management; Information Storage and Retrieval; Information Systems and Communication Service; Information Systems Applications (incl. Internet); Programming languages (Electronic computers); Semantic integration (Computer systems); Semantic networks (Information theory); Semantic Web
• ISBN: 9783540921479; 3540921478
• ISSN: 0302-9743; 1611-3349
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92148-6

This publication features notable work that addresses research and development on issues related to data semantics. Coverage ranges from theories supporting the formal definition of semantic content to innovative domain-specific applications.

Table of Contents:

• Intro -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Second SWESE Workshop -- Experiences in the Design of Semantic Services Using Web Engineering Methods and Tools -- Automatic Generation and Evolution of Model Transformations Using Ontology Engineering Space -- Second International Workshop on Database Interoperability (InterDB 2006) -- The Harmony Integration Workbench -- International Workshop on Object-Role Modeling (ORM 2006) -- Using ORM-Based Models as a Foundation for a Data Quality Firewall in an Advanced Generation Data Warehouse (Extended Version) -- 15th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Managing Knowledge in a World of Networks (EKAW 2006) -- Discovering Groups of Sibling Terms from Web Documents with XTREEM-SG -- International Workshop on Ontology Matching (OM-2006) -- Exploring the Semantic Web as Background Knowledge for Ontology Matching -- ER 2006 Workshops -- Time-Aggregated Graphs for Modeling Spatio-temporal Networks -- An Architecture for Emergent Semantics -- Author Index
• Intro -- Title Page -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Second SWESE Workshop -- Experiences in the Design of Semantic Services Using Web Engineering Methods and Tools -- Introduction -- Design Methodology -- Background Technologies -- WSMO, WSML and WSMX -- Glue, a WSMO-Compliant Discovery Engine -- WebML and WebRatio -- Our Solution to the SWS Challenge -- Integration of Web Engineering and Semantic Web Tools -- Initial Modeling -- Second Phase of the Challenge -- Third Phase of the Challenge -- Handling the Requirements of the Future Edition of the SWS Challenge -- Experience -- Related Work -- Comparison to Other Approaches to the SWS Challenge -- Conclusions -- References -- Automatic Generation and Evolution of Model Transformations Using Ontology Engineering Space -- Introduction -- Background and Context -- Problem Description -- A MDSD Scenario -- Problem Statement -- Ontology Supported Model Transformations -- Generation of Model Transformations -- Evolution of Model Transformations -- Realization of OntMT -- Components of a Sem-MT-Tool -- Architecture of OntMT -- Case Study about Automated Mapping Generation -- Assessment of OntMT -- Application Areas -- Evaluation -- Discussion -- Related Work -- Summary and Outlook -- References -- Second International Workshop on Database Interoperability (InterDB 2006) -- The Harmony Integration Workbench -- Introduction -- Contributions -- Outline -- Integration in Large Enterprises -- Task Model for Data Integration -- Schema Preparation -- Schema Matching -- Schema Mapping -- Instance Integration -- System Implementation -- Harmony -- Design Goals -- Filtering -- Iterative Development -- Integration Workbench -- Integration Blackboard -- Workbench Manager -- Sample Schema Matching Tools -- Text Normalization -- Match Scores -- Sample Linguistic Match Voters -- Vote Merger -- User Experiences
• Data Warehouse Physical Data Model(DW PDM) -- Data Mart Logical Data Model(DMLDM) -- User Experiences -- References -- 15th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Managing Knowledge in a World of Networks (EKAW 2006) -- Discovering Groups of Sibling Terms from Web Documents with XTREEM-SG -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Clustering with the XTREEM-SG Approach -- The XTREEM Approach -- XTREEM-SG for Discovering Sibling Groups -- Evaluation Methodology -- Gold Standards for Evaluation -- Comparative Evaluation -- Evaluation Criteria -- Experiments -- Experimental Environment -- Experiment 1: Evaluating the Preprocessing Tasks -- Experiment 2: Sibling Groups Discovery - Tagpath Clustering -- Experiment 3: Impact of the Cluster Labeling Threshold -- Experiment 4: Varying the Number of Clusters -- Experiment 5: Impact of the Size of the Document Collection -- Experiment 6: Frequency Thresholds for the Vocabulary Terms -- Experiment 7: Tagpath Clustering vs. Term Clustering -- A Set of Candidate Sibling Groups -- Summary of Evaluation -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- International Workshop on Ontology Matching (OM-2006) -- Exploring the Semantic Web as Background Knowledge for Ontology Matching -- Introduction -- The Matching Problem in Ontologies and Databases -- Our Proposal: Exploiting the Semantic Web as Background Knowledge for Ontology Matching -- Related Work -- Proposed Paradigm -- Strategy S1: Mappings within One Ontology -- Strategy S2: Cross-Ontology Mapping Discovery -- Step1: Anchoring -- Step2: Ontology Selection -- Step 3: Derivation Rules -- Step 4: Combining Mappings -- Implementation Details -- Anchoring Mechanism -- Ontology Selection -- Derivation Rules -- Detecting Contradictions -- Experimental Setup -- Experimental Scenario and Data -- Overview of the Experiments
• Methodology for Evaluating Alignments -- Deriving Mappings from One Ontology (Strategy S1) -- Evaluation Results -- Error Analysis -- Contradictory Mappings -- Deriving Mappings across Ontologies (Strategy S2) -- Evaluation Results -- Error Analysis -- Harvesting the Semantic Web -- Comparison with Other Techniques -- Comparison with Techniques Relying on Internal Information -- Comparison with Background Knowledge Based Techniques -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- ER 2006 Workshops -- Time-Aggregated Graphs for Modeling Spatio-temporal Networks -- Introduction -- An Illustrative Application Domain -- Broad Computer Science Challenges -- Scope and Outline of the Paper -- Basic Concepts -- The Conceptual Model -- A Logical Data Model -- Physical Data Model -- Shortest Path Computation for Time Aggregated Graphs (SP-TAG Algorithm) -- Summary of Experimental Evaluation -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- An Architecture for Emergent Semantics -- Introduction -- Applications of Emergent Semantics -- Structure of This Paper -- Basement -- Model House -- Ingredients -- Distinctions -- Construction -- Terminology -- Document Retrieval -- Document Annotation and Annotation Filtering -- Computational Issues -- Assessment -- CACM Collection -- Live Experiment -- Neighborhood -- Roof and Windows -- References -- Author Index
• Background -- Match Engine and GUI Experiences -- Integration Workbench Experiences -- Matching + Mapping -- Related Work -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- International Workshop on Object-Role Modeling (ORM 2006) -- Using ORM-Based Models as a Foundation for a Data Quality Firewall in an Advanced Generation Data Warehouse (Extended Version) -- Introduction -- Common Approaches towards Development of Data Warehouses -- Taking Advantage of the Disciplined Process for Deriving Business Rules in ORM vis-à-vis Data Quality -- 100% Principle in ISO TR9007 -- Implementation via ISO 9075 Database Language SQL -- An Advanced Generation Data Warehouse Architecture -- Constituent Data Models of the Advanced Generation Data Warehouse- the ORM and Attribute Based Data Models -- Constituent Data Models of the Advanced Generation Data Warehouse- the Physical SQL Data Model -- The Advanced Generation Data Warehouse Framework -- Data Warehouse - Transformation Mappings and Rules -- Mapping Source System to Staging Areas -- Mapping Staging Areas to Data Warehouse -- Data Filtering, Data Transformation Rules -- BI Requirements - Data Mappings from DW to Data Marts -- Cleansing and Scrubbing Rules -- Data Warehouse Data Quality -- An Advanced Generation DW Data Quality Firewall -- Determining Data Quality -- Categories of Business Rules -- Data Quality Checks for the Load Cycle -- Process Flow -- Data Quality Firewall Modules -- Data Quality Firewall Modules - Generic Operations -- Data Warehouse Audit and Control -- Audit Control Data Collection -- DW Audit and Control Model -- Collection Load Statistics at Audit Control Points -- Automating and Tracking Data Cleansing/Data Quality Issues -- Data Cleansing Support Tables -- Conventions and Standards for Implementation -- ORM Model -- Data Warehouse Logical Data Model(DW LDM)