D2.3.8v2 Report and Prototype of Dynamics in the Ontology Lifecycle

Deliverable D2.3.8v2 (WP2.3) presents a novel ontology integration technique that explicitly takes the dynamics and data-intensiveness of many practical application domains into account. This technique fully implements a crucial part of the dynamic ontology lifecycle scenario defined in D2.3.8v1. In particular, we tackle semi-automatic integration of ontology learning results into a manually developed ontology. This integration is based on automatic negotiation of agreed alignments, inconsistency resolution, ontology diff computation and natural language generation methods. Their combination alleviates the end-user effort in the dynamic incorporation of new knowledge to large extent, thus conforming to the principles specified in D2.3.8v1. As such, it allows for a basic application of all the dynamic ontology lifecycle features we have proposed. Keyword list: ontology, ontology dynamics, ontology lifecycle, ontology integration, inconsistency resolution, change operator implementation

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