Combining vocabulary alignment techniques

Identifying alignments between vocabularies has become a central knowledge engineering activity. A plethora of alignment techniques has been developed over the past years. In this paper we present a case study in which we examine and evaluate the practical use of three typical alignment techniques. The study involves the alignment of two vocabularies used in a semantic-search engine for cultural-heritage objects. We show that a sequence can be beneficial. The case study gives insight into evaluation issues, such as techniques for identification of false positives. We see this work as a step to a badly-needed methodology for alignment. Categories and Subject Descriptors I.2.4 [Artificial Intelligence]: Knowledge Representation Formalisms and Methods—semantic networks Keywords vocabulary alignment, case study, cultural heritage

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: KCAP
• Authors: Anna Tordai, Jacco van Ossenbruggen, Guus Schreiber
• Keywords: Alignment Techniques, Case Study, KCAP 2009, Typical Alignment Techniques