Context-explication in conceptual ontologies: the PLIB approach

ABSTRACT: A number of computer science problems, including heterogeneous database integration, natural language processing, document intelligent retrieval would benefit from the capability to model the absolute meaning of things, independently of any particular use of these things. Such models, termed ontologies, have been heavily investigated over the last ten years, with various purposes and within various contexts. The goal of this paper is to investigate the role of ontologies for data integration and to present an ontology model that was precisely developed to allow neutral exchange and automatic integration of technical data. We first propose a taxonomy of ontologies into linguistic ontologies, based on…