A Tool to Support Ontology Creation Based on Incremental Mini- Ontology Merging Zonghui Lian Data Extraction Research Group Supported by Spring Conference 2007
2 The Problem: Ontology Creation Information collection and analysis Concept and relationship design Iterative construction
3 TANGO : Table ANalysis for Generating Ontologies Mini-ontology Growing ontology Merged growing ontology
4 Workflow Manual
5 Workflow Manual Automatic
6 Workflow Manual Automatic Semi-automatic
7 Features Graphical mapping and merging Manual and semi-automatic modes APIs supporting mapping and merging algorithms Ontology components Instance values Mapping information Issue-Default-Suggestion (IDS) statements for user interaction
8 Ontology Mapping and Merging: Example 1
9 Ontology Mapping and Merging: Example 2
10 Ontology Mapping and Merging: Example 2
11 Ontology Mapping and Merging: Example 2
12 Ontology Mapping and Merging: Example 2
13 Ontology Mapping and Merging: Example 2
14 Validation Test the usability of the tool: Efficiency Accuracy Test whether the tool is extensible w.r.t. different mapping and merging algorithms
15 Contribution A tool to support ontology mapping and merging Manual Semi-automatic (via plug-in algorithms) TANGO: ontology creation