Merging ontologies requires interlocking instituitional worlds
Merging of ontologies is a frequently addressed problem in the ontology literature. This paper argues that in general two even very similar ontologies cannot be merged. Further, where two ontologies can be merged their conceptualizations are special. They are systems of institutional facts which are...
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| description | Merging of ontologies is a frequently addressed problem in the ontology literature. This paper argues that in general two even very similar ontologies cannot be merged. Further, where two ontologies can be merged their conceptualizations are special. They are systems of institutional facts which are interlocking. The argument is based on the literature of the federated database problem and on the concepts of speech act and institutional fact. |
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| spelling | my.utm.eprints-81902010-10-21T09:07:42Z http://eprints.utm.my/8190/ Merging ontologies requires interlocking instituitional worlds Colomb, Robert Micheal Ahmad, Mohammad Nazir T Technology (General) Merging of ontologies is a frequently addressed problem in the ontology literature. This paper argues that in general two even very similar ontologies cannot be merged. Further, where two ontologies can be merged their conceptualizations are special. They are systems of institutional facts which are interlocking. The argument is based on the literature of the federated database problem and on the concepts of speech act and institutional fact. IOS Press Amsterdam, The Netherlands, The Netherlands 2007-01 Article PeerReviewed Colomb, Robert Micheal and Ahmad, Mohammad Nazir (2007) Merging ontologies requires interlocking instituitional worlds. Applied Ontology, 2 (1). pp. 1-12. ISSN 1570-5838 http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1412398 |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) Colomb, Robert Micheal Ahmad, Mohammad Nazir Merging ontologies requires interlocking instituitional worlds |
| title | Merging ontologies requires interlocking instituitional worlds
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| title_full | Merging ontologies requires interlocking instituitional worlds
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| title_full_unstemmed | Merging ontologies requires interlocking instituitional worlds
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| title_short | Merging ontologies requires interlocking instituitional worlds
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| title_sort | merging ontologies requires interlocking instituitional worlds |
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