Title :
Description logics and correspondence refinement process in databases interoperability´s service
Author :
Larab, Ounissa ; Benharkat, Aïcha-nabila
Author_Institution :
Lab. d´´Ingenierie des Syst. d´´Inf., Inst. Nat. des Sci. Appliquees, Villeurbanne, France
Abstract :
The success of schema integration operation in multidatabase systems relies heavily on the identification of correct and complete correspondence relationships between them. Thus, their data elements must be rich and precise semantically, i.e., each of them must be sufficiently defined for to be distinguished from others or to be identified to some of them. To reach this objective, we propose a scheme integration method based on terminological reasoning (product of description logics) and semantic enrichment. The conjunction of these two techniques allows us to define fine correspondence relationships which express any semantic and structural link between the schemas to be integrated
Keywords :
concurrency control; data structures; database theory; distributed databases; formal logic; open systems; correspondence refinement process; databases interoperability; description logics; fine correspondence relationships; multidatabase systems; schema integration operation; semantic enrichment; terminological reasoning; Data models; Database systems; Logic design; Object oriented modeling; Terminology;
Conference_Titel :
Database and Expert Systems Applications, 1997. Proceedings., Eighth International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Toulouse
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8147-0
DOI :
10.1109/DEXA.1997.617413