Abstract
This paper describes the coupling of contexts and ontologies for semantic
integration in the ECOIN semantic interoperability framework. Ontological
terms in ECOIN correspond to multiple related meanings in different
contexts. Each ontology includes a context model that describes how
a generic ontological term can be modified according to contextual
choices to acquire specialized meanings. Although the basic ECOIN
concepts have been presented in the past, this paper is the first
to show how ECOIN addresses the case of "single-ontology with multiple
contexts" with an example of semantic integration using our new prototype
implementation.
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