Instance-based ontology matching and the evaluation of matching systems [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Katrin Simone Zaiß

Instance-Based OntologyMatching and the Evaluation ofMatching SystemsInaugural-DissertationzurErlangung des Doktorgrades derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultatder Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorfvorgelegt vonKatrin Simone Zai aus DusseldorfNovember 2010Aus dem Institut fur Informatikder Heinrich-Heine Universitat DusseldorfGedruckt mit der Genehmigung derMathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Fakultat derHeinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf Referent: Prof. Dr. Stefan ConradKoreferent: Prof. Dr. Martin LercherTag der mundlichen Prufung: 10.12.2010 The Answer to the Ultimate Question ofLife, the Universe, and Everything:101010(loosely based on Douglas Adams’ novelThe Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy)AcknowledgementsThis thesis is the result of three and a half year of research at the Databases andInformation Systems Group of the Department of Computer Science at the HeinrichHeine University of Dusseldorf.First of all, I acknowledge my advisor and rst referee Prof. Dr. Stefan Conrad forsupporting me in my research and for creating a motivating and comfortable workingatmosphere. I am very thankful for the possibility to work under his supervisionand to learn from his experiences. I also thank the second reviewer of this thesis,Prof. Dr. Martin Lercher, for his interest in my work and willingness to be the secondreferee.