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Ontology change: classification and survey

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 June 2008

GIORGOS FLOURIS ,
DIMITRIS MANAKANATAS ,
HARIDIMOS KONDYLAKIS ,
DIMITRIS PLEXOUSAKIS  and
GRIGORIS ANTONIOU
GIORGOS FLOURIS
Affiliation:
Istituto della Scienza e delle Tecnologie della Informazione, C.N.R. Via Giuseppe Moruzzi, 1, 56124, Pisa, Italy e-mail: flouris@@isti.cnr.it Institute of Computer Science, FO.R.T.H. P.O. Box 1385, GR 71110, Heraklion, Greece e-mail: fgeo@ics.forth.gr, manakan@ics.forth.gr, kondylak@ics.forth.gr, dp@ics.forth.gr, antoniou@ics.forth.gr
DIMITRIS MANAKANATAS
Affiliation:
Institute of Computer Science, FO.R.T.H. P.O. Box 1385, GR 71110, Heraklion, Greece e-mail: fgeo@ics.forth.gr, manakan@ics.forth.gr, kondylak@ics.forth.gr, dp@ics.forth.gr, antoniou@ics.forth.gr
HARIDIMOS KONDYLAKIS
Affiliation:
Institute of Computer Science, FO.R.T.H. P.O. Box 1385, GR 71110, Heraklion, Greece e-mail: fgeo@ics.forth.gr, manakan@ics.forth.gr, kondylak@ics.forth.gr, dp@ics.forth.gr, antoniou@ics.forth.gr Computer Science Department, University of Crete P.O. Box 2208, GR 71409, Heraklion, Greece e-mail: kondylak@csd.uoc.gr, dp@csd.uoc.gr, ga@csd.uoc.gr
DIMITRIS PLEXOUSAKIS
Affiliation:
Institute of Computer Science, FO.R.T.H. P.O. Box 1385, GR 71110, Heraklion, Greece e-mail: fgeo@ics.forth.gr, manakan@ics.forth.gr, kondylak@ics.forth.gr, dp@ics.forth.gr, antoniou@ics.forth.gr Computer Science Department, University of Crete P.O. Box 2208, GR 71409, Heraklion, Greece e-mail: kondylak@csd.uoc.gr, dp@csd.uoc.gr, ga@csd.uoc.gr
GRIGORIS ANTONIOU
Affiliation:
Institute of Computer Science, FO.R.T.H. P.O. Box 1385, GR 71110, Heraklion, Greece e-mail: fgeo@ics.forth.gr, manakan@ics.forth.gr, kondylak@ics.forth.gr, dp@ics.forth.gr, antoniou@ics.forth.gr Computer Science Department, University of Crete P.O. Box 2208, GR 71409, Heraklion, Greece e-mail: kondylak@csd.uoc.gr, dp@csd.uoc.gr, ga@csd.uoc.gr
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Abstract

Ontologies play a key role in the advent of the Semantic Web. An important problem when dealing with ontologies is the modification of an existing ontology in response to a certain need for change. This problem is a complex and multifaceted one, because it can take several different forms and includes several related subproblems, like heterogeneity resolution or keeping track of ontology versions. As a result, it is being addressed by several different, but closely related and often overlapping research disciplines. Unfortunately, the boundaries of each such discipline are not clear, as the same term is often used with different meanings in the relevant literature, creating a certain amount of confusion. The purpose of this paper is to identify the exact relationships between these research areas and to determine the boundaries of each field, by performing a broad review of the relevant literature.

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The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 23 , Issue 2 , June 2008 , pp. 117 - 152
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