Ontology Matching: State of the Art, Future Challenges, and Thinking Based on Utilized Information

Abstract

Information used in existing ontology matching solutions are usually grouped into four categories: lexical information, structural information, semantic information, and external information, respectively. By summarizing and analyzing the approaches for utilizing the same kind of information, this paper finds that lexical information is mainly analyzed based on text and dictionary similarity. Similarly, structural information and semantic information are mainly analyzed based on graph structure and reasoner, respectively. The approaches for aggregating information analysis results are discussed. Challenges in the analysis of various types of information for existing ontology matching solutions are also described, and insights into directions for future research are provided.