1. A Tool to Support Ontology Creation Based on Incremental Mini-Ontology Merging Zonghui Lian Data Extraction Research Group Supported by

2. 2 Introduction Data extraction Web annotation Semantic web

3. 3 Motivation: Ontology Creation Information collection and analysis Concept and relationship design Iterative construction

4. 4 TANGO : Table ANalysis for Generating Ontologies

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6. 6 Ontology Creation Based on Incremental Mini-Ontology Merging City People Geopolitical Domain Ontology

7. 7 Ontology Creation Based on Incremental Mini-Ontology Merging City People Geopolitical Domain Ontology

8. 8 Ontology Creation Based on Incremental Mini-Ontology Merging Country City People Geopolitical Domain Ontology

9. 9 Ontology Creation Based on Incremental Mini-Ontology Merging Country State City People Geopolitical Domain Ontology

10. 10 Ontology Creation Based on Incremental Mini-Ontology Merging Country State City People Geopolitical Domain Ontology

11. 11 Ontology Mapping and Merging Create mappings Detect and resolve conflicts Perform merging Process semi-automatically/automatically

12. 12 Features Mapping and merging − Graphical view − Textual view Issue-Default-Suggestion (IDS) statements Manual, semi-automatic, automatic modes APIs for mapping and merging algorithms − Ontology components − Instance values − Mapping information

13. 13 Mapping and Merging

14. 14 Mapping and Merging

15. 15 Mapping and Merging

16. 16 Mapping and Merging

17. 17 Mapping and Merging

18. 18 Mapping and Merging

19. 19 Mapping and Merging

20. 20 Mapping and Merging

21. 21 Mapping and Merging

22. 22 Mapping and Merging

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24. 24 Mapping and Merging

25. 25 Mapping and Merging

26. 26 Mapping and Merging

27. 27 Semi-Automatic and Automatic Models

28. 28 API for Mapping and Merging Algorithms Register file Java interface class Algorithm

29. 29 API for Mapping and Merging Algorithms

30. 30 API for Mapping and Merging Algorithms 74 Methods Access/control the target and source ontology components Create/delete mappings between ontology components and data instances

31. 31 Validation Test the usability of the tool − 12 ontologies in the geopolitical domain. − 76 object sets, 63 relationship sets. −OntologyEditor only, manual, semi- automatic and automatic mode.

32. 32 Validation

33. 33 Validation Test the usability of the tool -12 ontologies in the geopolitical domain. -76 object sets, 63 relationship sets. -OntologyEditor only, manual, semi-automatic and automatic mode. Test the API with Naïve mapping and Merging algorithms Methods:OntologyEditorManual ModeSemi-Automatic ModeAutomatic Mode Time:65 minutes30 minutes26 minutes25 minutes

34. 34 Contribution A tool for ontology mapping and merging −Manual −Semi-automatic/automatic −API for plug-in algorithms TANGO: ontology creation