Vidal's libraryTitle: | Contexts for the Semantic Web |
Author: | R. Guha, R. McCool, and R. Fikes |
Year: | 2004 |
Abstract: | A central theme of the semantic web is that programs should be able to easily aggregate data from different sources. Unfortunately, even if two sites provide their data using the same data model and vocabulary, subtle differences in their use of terms and in the assumptions they make pose challenges for aggregation. Experiences with the TAP project reveal some of the phenomena that pose obstacles to a simplistic model of aggregation. Similar experiences have been reported by AI projects such as Cyc, which has lead to the development and use of various context mechanisms. In this paper we report on some of the problems with aggregating independently published data and propose a context mechanism to handle some of these problems. We briefly survey the context mechanisms developed in in AI and contrast them with the requirements of a context mechanism for the semantic web. Finally, we present a context mechanism for the semantic web that is adequate to handle the aggregation tasks, yet simple from both computational and model theoretic perspectives. |
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@Unpublished{guha04a,
author = {R. Guha and R. McCool and R. Fikes},
title = {Contexts for the Semantic Web},
note = {TAP group. Stanford University},
year = 2004,
abstract = {A central theme of the semantic web is that programs
should be able to easily aggregate data from
different sources. Unfortunately, even if two sites
provide their data using the same data model and
vocabulary, subtle differences in their use of terms
and in the assumptions they make pose challenges for
aggregation. Experiences with the TAP project reveal
some of the phenomena that pose obstacles to a
simplistic model of aggregation. Similar experiences
have been reported by AI projects such as Cyc, which
has lead to the development and use of various
context mechanisms. In this paper we report on some
of the problems with aggregating independently
published data and propose a context mechanism to
handle some of these problems. We briefly survey the
context mechanisms developed in in AI and contrast
them with the requirements of a context mechanism
for the semantic web. Finally, we present a context
mechanism for the semantic web that is adequate to
handle the aggregation tasks, yet simple from both
computational and model theoretic perspectives.},
keywords = {sweb ai},
url = {http://jmvidal.cse.sc.edu/library/guha04a.pdf},
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}
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