Analogical cliques in ontology construction

Abstract

If we view ontology-matching and analogical-mapping as different perspectives on the same structural processes, then it follows that matching can sensibly be applied both between ontologies, to ensure inter-operability, and within ontologies, to increase internal symmetry. When applied within a single ontology, matching should allow us to identify pockets of structure that possess higher-order similarity that is not explicitly rejected in the ontology's existing category structure. This paper explores how cliques of analogies (or analogical cliques) can be used to support the creation of a new layer of structure in an ontology, to better reject human intuitions about the pragmatic similarity of different categories and entities. © 2011 Springer-Verlag.