This paper discusses the use of contextual reasoning, i.e. context transformation for achieving semantic interoperability in heterogeneous information systems. We introduce terminological contexts and their explication in terms of formal ontologies. Using a real-world example, we compare two practical approaches for context transformation one based on transformation rule, the other on re-classification of information entities in a different terminological context. We argue that both approaches supplement each other and develop a unifying theory of context transformation. A sound and complete context transformation calculus is presented. © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2001.
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Wache, H., & Stuckenschmidt, H. (2001). Practical context transformation for information system interoperability. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (Including Subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), 2116, 367–380. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-44607-9_28
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