1. The Mapping Project from CAT to AGROVOC
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The Mapping Project from CAT to AGROVOC
Dr. Chang Chun
Agricultural Information Institute,
Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences
(AII/CAAS)

2. Basic data on the Mapping Project
8th AOS workshop,Rome, Sept ,2007
Basic data on the Mapping Project
Mapping rules: a revision method of SKOS Mapping Vocabulary Specification;
Mapping direction: from CAT (resource) to AGROVOC (target)
Mapping tools: Protégé, Excel sheet, CAT and AGROVOC CD-ROM.
CAT: Chinese terms: descriptors, non-descriptors; top terms; organized in 40 categories (e.g. crops, etc.)

3. Exact match, Broad match, Narrow match
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Exact match, Broad match, Narrow match
Exact Match
Broad Match
Narrow Match
‘17147_禾谷类作物_Cereal crop’ Exact Match ‘25512_Cereal crops’
‘35234_普及教育_Universal education’ Broad Match ‘2488_Education’
‘8341_岛屿_Islands’ Narrow Match ‘695_Atolls_环礁’

4. 8th AOS workshop,Rome, Sept. 21-22,2007
AND；OR；NOT
AND OR
NOT
‘59683_自动标引’ Exact Match ‘11729_Indexing of information’ AND ‘15855_Automation’
‘7536_大麦_Barley’ Exact Match ‘823_Barley_大麦 OR 3662_Hordeum vulgare_大麦植物’
‘12114_非传染性病害’ Exact match ‘5962_Plant diseases’ NOT ‘34024_Infectious diseases’

6. Final data on the mapping
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Final data on the mapping
Exact match
Broad match
Narrow match 173
E-B-N
Other relation total 1747

7. 8th AOS workshop,Rome, Sept. 21-22,2007
Combine OWL documents
Create a new OWL document, import whole CAT and AGROVOC, and save the document;
Insert the whole middle part of mapping project into the upper document, then we get a whole mapping OWL document, it is work with whole CAT and AGROVOC.
CAT
Protégé
AGROVOC
Import
Import
Mapping OWL document

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Discussions
Mapping document need work with CAT and AGROVOC;
There are many broadMatch relations;
No mapping, InexactMatch;
Begin from the top term;
About the resource and target.
Different knowledge taxonomy；
Difference on noun and verb；
Different social ideas；
Different cultures；
Different translations.

9. Fig. The Application Plan of Mapping Project
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CAT
Search end
Chinese
users
Search
Chinese data
Mapping
Information
English data
English
Users
Search
AGROVOC
Search end
Fig. The Application Plan of Mapping Project

10. 8th AOS workshop,Rome, Sept. 21-22,2007
Thanks