Measuring the Structural Preservation of Semantic Hierarchy Alignment

We present a method to measure the amount of structural distortion carried by an alignment between two taxonomic cores of ontologies represented as semantic hierarchies. We present our formalism based in metric order theory. We then illustrate the results of such an analysis on the Anatomy track of the 2008 Ontology Alignment Evaluation Initiative (OAEI). Key words: Ontology alignment; lattice theory; order theory.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2009
• Where: SEMWEB
• Authors: Cliff Joslyn, Patrick Paulson, Amanda White
• Keywords: Internet Technology, Ontology Alignment, Ontology Alignment Evaluation, Order Theory, SEMWEB 2009