MaF: An Ontology Matching Framework
Jorge Martinez
10.6084/m9.figshare.5697223.v1
https://figshare.com/articles/journal_contribution/MaF_An_Ontology_Matching_Framework/5697223
In this work, we present our experience when developing the Matching
Framework (MaF), a framework for matching ontologies that allows users
to configure their own ontology matching algorithms and it allows
developers to perform research on new complex algorithms. MaF provides
numerical results instead of logic results provided by other kinds of
algorithms. The framework can be configured by selecting the simple
algorithms which will be used from a set of 136 basic algorithms,
indicating exactly how many and how these algorithms will be composed
and selecting the thresholds for retrieving the most promising mappings.
Output results are provided in a standard format so that they can be
used in many existing tools (evaluators, mediators, viewers, and so on)
which follow this standard. The main goal of our work is not to better
the existing solutions for ontology matching, but to help research new
ways of combining algorithms in order to meet specific needs. In fact,
the system can test more than 6 * 136! possible combinations of
algorithms, but the graphical interface is designed to simplify the
matching process.
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ontology matching
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schema matching
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