Title :
Ontology negotiation between scientific archives
Author :
Bailin, Sidney C. ; Truszkowski, Walt
Author_Institution :
Knowledge Evolution Inc., USA
Abstract :
Describes an approach to ontology negotiation between information agents. Ontologies are declarative (data-driven) expressions of an agent´s “world”: the objects, operations, facts and rules that constitute the logical space within which an agent performs. Ontology negotiation enables agents to cooperate in performing a task, even if they are based on different ontologies. The process allows agents to discover ontology conflicts and then, though incremental interpretation, clarification and explanation, establish a common basis for communication with each other
Keywords :
deductive databases; explanation; multi-agent systems; scientific information systems; agent communication; clarification; cooperating agents; data-driven expressions; declarative expressions; explanation; incremental process; information agents; interpretation; logical space; ontology conflict discovery; ontology negotiation; scientific archives; Biological system modeling; Environmental factors; Global warming; Image analysis; NASA; Ontologies; Protocols; Recruitment; Terminology; Testing;
Conference_Titel :
Scientific and Statistical Database Management, 2001. SSDBM 2001. Proceedings. Thirteenth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Fairfax, VA
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-1218-6
DOI :
10.1109/SSDM.2001.938557
