Reconciling implicit and evolving ontologies for semantic interoperability

Abstract

This paper addresses current approaches to the goal of semantic interoperability on the web and presents new research directions. We critically discuss the existing approaches, including RDF, SHOE, PROMPT and Chimaera, and identify the most effective elements of each. In our opinion, the ability of these primarily closed solutions to succeed on a global web scale is limited. In general, a unilateral solution to the problem on a global level seems unlikely in the foreseeable future. We review and contrast our own research experiments AReXS and CASA and suggest that as yet unad-dressed issues should be considered, such as reconciling implicit ontologies and evolving ntologies and task-oriented..