Ten Challenges for Ontology Matching.pdf

UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO DIPARTIMENTO DI INGEGNERIA E SCIENZA DELL’INFORMAZIONE 38050 Povo – Trento (Italy), Via Sommarive 14 http://www.disi.unitn.it TEN CHALLENGES FOR ONTOLOGY MATCHING Pavel Shvaiko and Jerome Euzenat August 2008 Technical Report # DISI-08-042 Also: in Proceedings of The 7th International Conference on Ontologies, DataBases, and Applications of Semantics (ODBASE), 2008. . Ten Challenges for Ontology Matching ´ ˆ Pavel Shvaiko and Jerome Euzenat TasLab, Informatica Trentina S.p.A., Trento, Italy pavel.shvaiko@infotn.it INRIA LIG, Grenoble, France Jerome.Euzenat@inrialpes.fr Abstract. This paper aims at analyzing the key trends and challenges of the on- tology matching field. The main motivation behind this work is the fact that de- spite many component matching solutions that have been developed so far, there is no integrated solution that is a clear success, which is robust enough to be the basis for future development, and which is usable by non expert users. In this paper we first provide the basics of ontology matching with the help of exam- ples. Then, we present general trends of the field and discuss ten challenges for ontology matching, thereby aiming to direct research into the critical path and to facilitate progress of the field. 1 Introduction The progress of information and communication technologies has made available a huge amount of disparate information. The number of different information resources is growing significantly, and therefore, the problem of managing heterogeneity among them is increasing. A