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Semantic similarity relations in schema integration

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Entity-Relationship Approach — ER '92 (ER 1992)

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To find similarities between objects of different schemata at the semantic level is a crucial problem in schema integration. To identify such similarities it is necessary to form a set of semantic characteristics the objects may have. In this paper, we present a set of such characteristics and a set of semantic similarity relations. The relations are classified into four groups, weak semantic relation, compatible semantic relation, equivalence semantic relation, and mergeable semantic relation. We also propose a schema integration tool, which makes use of the semantic relations to integrate objects of different schemata.

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  1. SYSLAB, Department of Computer and Systems Sciences, Royal Inst of Technology and Stockholm University ELECTRUM 230, S-16440, Kista, Sweden

    William W. Song, Paul Johannesson & Janis A. Bubenko Jr.

  2. Swedish Institute of Systems Development (SISU), Box 1250, S-16428, Kista, Sweden

    William W. Song, Paul Johannesson & Janis A. Bubenko Jr.

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Song, W.W., Johannesson, P., Bubenko, J.A. (1992). Semantic similarity relations in schema integration. In: Pernul, G., Tjoa, A. (eds) Entity-Relationship Approach — ER '92. ER 1992. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 645. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-56023-8_8

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