Linguistic support for semantic identification and interpretation in multidatabases

Author

Bright, M.W. ; Hurson, A.R.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Pennsylvania State Univ., University Park, PA, USA

fYear

1991

fDate

7-9 Apr 1991

Firstpage

306

Lastpage

313

Abstract

Ongoing research in the area of linguistic support for semantic identification and interpretation in multidatabase system is presented. The summary schemas model is discussed as a suitable adjunct to multidatabase language systems in order to provide automatic identification of semantically similar entities in different local databases. The summary schemas model also provides a user friendly global interface that accepts queries in the user´s own terms. Two taxonomies are reviewed as possible bases for the summary schemas model. Experimental results from using the two taxonomies are discussed

Keywords

database theory; distributed databases; query languages; user interfaces; language systems; linguistic support; local databases; multidatabases; queries; semantic identification; semantic interpretation; summary schemas model; taxonomies; user friendly global interface; Costs; Data models; Data structures; Databases; Dictionaries; Information retrieval; Natural languages; Taxonomy; Thesauri; User interfaces;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Interoperability in Multidatabase Systems, 1991. IMS '91. Proceedings., First International Workshop on

Conference_Location

Kyoto

Print_ISBN

0-8186-2205-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMS.1991.153726

Filename

153726