A semantic approach to data translation: A case study of environmental observations data
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Highlights：
• We propose an ontology-mediated approach for environmental data translation.
• We outline the principles underlying the design of a mediating ontology, and show the development of such an ontology.
• We propose a declarative formalism for representing spreadsheet-to-ontology mappings, and give an algorithm for the mapping evaluation.
• We propose a declarative formalism for representing ontology-to-XML mappings, and give an algorithm for the mapping evaluation.
• We have developed an ontology-mediated spreadsheet-to-XML translation tool, and showed its effectiveness with real environmental observations data.
摘要
•We propose an ontology-mediated approach for environmental data translation.•We outline the principles underlying the design of a mediating ontology, and show the development of such an ontology.•We propose a declarative formalism for representing spreadsheet-to-ontology mappings, and give an algorithm for the mapping evaluation.•We propose a declarative formalism for representing ontology-to-XML mappings, and give an algorithm for the mapping evaluation.•We have developed an ontology-mediated spreadsheet-to-XML translation tool, and showed its effectiveness with real environmental observations data.
论文关键词：Data translation,Declarative mapping,Ontology,Spreadsheet,XML-based exchange language
论文评审过程：Received 19 April 2014, Revised 28 July 2014, Accepted 20 November 2014, Available online 28 November 2014.
论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.knosys.2014.11.023
