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| 20080301083 | System and method for generating new concepts based on existing ontologies - A system and a method for automatically generating new concepts based on existing ontologies are provided. The system creates new concepts in existing ontologies based on new concept descriptions expressed in a natural language format, and comprises: a normalizer for receiving and parsing the new concept descriptions so as to transform them into normalized one and output them, wherein said normalized concept description includes one or more description part(s) having kernel concepts, said description parts can only contain the terms which can be identified in said existing ontologies, and each of said kernel concept contains a headword and zero or more property(s); and a new concept factory for, based on the normalized description of the new concept, identifying the kernel concepts in each normalized concept description part, and extracting the identified kernel concepts, related properties, and the relations among the kernel concepts for a user to create new concepts according to existing ontologies. Therefore, ontologies will be easier to be managed, reused and expanded, while keeping smaller size and less complexity of the ontologies. | 12-04-2008 |
| 20090248705 | SYSTEM AND METHOD TO VALIDATE CONSISTENCY OF COMPONENT BUSINESS MODEL MAPS - A system and method is described for using descriptive logic (DL) representations to validate consistency in component business model (CBM) maps. Semantic constraints are generated from a semantic model of a component business model meta-model and inconsistency conditions of CBM maps. The semantic model of the CBM meta-model is applied to transform CBM maps into corresponding semantic representations. An inference engine applies the semantic constraints to the semantic representations to determine inconsistencies between one CBM map and another and between a CBM map and the component business model meta-model. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100010974 | Apparatus and Method of Semantic Service Correlation System - A correlation-based service mediator consists of Semantic Query Generator, Service Query Manager, Service Invocation Flow Generator, Service Invocation Manager, Expression Interpreter and Service Invocation Result Cache. The Semantic Query Generator handles service requests. It generates Semantic Query statements. Basically, the generator converts service request to Semantic Query based on input/output parameters in the service request. The Service Query Manager interfaces with an Ontology Engine, in order to execute the semantic queries. It will pass the query results to Service Invocation Flow Generator. The Service Invocation Flow Generator creates service invocation flow definition based on query results passed from Service Query Manager. The Service Invocation Manager executes the flow definitions. It also manages a service invocation result cache, so that invocation results can be saved and reused for later service request. When the execution results are not available in cache, the Service Invocation Manager invokes service according to flow definition. It should be noted that when attribute dependent functions are invoked Expression Interpreter compute the execution results. The service mediator possesses two major functionalities: service matching and service invocation. | 01-14-2010 |
| 20100306207 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR TRANSFORMING XML DATA TO RDF DATA - A method for transforming Extensible Markup Language (XML) data to Resource Description Framework (RDF) data. The method includes the steps of: receiving a predefined mapping file; retrieving the correspondences between XML elements and/or attributes in the XML data and/or properties and concepts of the RDF data as specified by the mapping file, wherein the correspondence is represented by elements of the mapping file; processing elements of the mapping file to obtain XML elements and/or attributes and generate corresponding RDF resources; and generating the RDF data by using the generated RDF resources. A corresponding transformation engine apparatus is configured to perform the foregoing method. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20110055240 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DATABASE-BASED SEMANTIC QUERY ANSWERING - A computer-implemented method, computer-implemented system, and a computer program product for answering a database-based query of a computerized database system. The method includes: generating a canonical individual ind′ with respect to a role and a concept, for an existential restriction in an ontology used in the computerized database system; converting implicit data in original data into explicit data using the canonical individual ind′ and the ontology; and retrieving an answer meeting all query conditions in a query from the original data and the converted explicit data. The computer-implemented system includes: a canonical individual generation unit; a data conversion engine; and a query unit. | 03-03-2011 |
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| 20080256121 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR MAPPING MULTI-DIMENSIONAL MODEL TO DATA WAREHOUSE SCHEMA - A system maps a multidimensional model to data warehouse schema. The system includes a multidimensional model editor for defining a multidimensional model based on a conceptual model; a mapping reasoner for generating more simple mappings from basic mappings by reasoning on the conceptual model so as to provide mappings for concerning elements in an ontology path in the multidimensional model; a data warehouse schema analyzer for generating a data structure capable of indicating information of the data warehouse schema by making an analysis on the information of the data warehouse schema; and a mapping composition engine for generating result mappings according to mappings for the concerning elements of the ontology path in the multidimensional model and by searching in the data structure paths corresponding to the concerning elements of the ontology path in the multidimensional model. A method and computer program product are also disclosed. | 10-16-2008 |
| 20080263004 | Method and apparatus for helping user form structured diagram from unstructured information source - The present invention provides a method and apparatus for helping a user form a structured diagram from an unstructured information source. Starting with one or more key information elements such as some special words, the requests of a customer contained in the information source can be obtained by performing interactive and iterative searching in the unstructured information source such as text, audio, video and etc., the artifacts representing them are drawn in the diagram, and linkages are established between the artifacts and the corresponding contents in the information source. The present invention also proposes that the distribution of established linkages can be used to check whether all the requests in the information source have been extracted in the diagram. Further, various levels of warnings can be shown according to the density of linkage distribution. Therefore the user can draw a structured diagram more conveniently and quickly, and can perform checking and reusing more easily. | 10-23-2008 |
| 20090248739 | System and Method to Support Runtime Model Extension in an Object Relational Mapping (ORM) System - A system and method to support runtime model extension in an Object Relational Mapping (ORM) System. The system includes a relational data storage subsystem for storing and retrieving objects in form of relational data, a tuple storage subsystem for storing and retrieving objects in form of tuple, and a dispatcher/assembler for storing and retrieving original part and extended part of the object respectively into/from the relational data storage subsystem and the tuple storage subsystem. Thus, model extension can be carried out dynamically in the runtime of the ORM system without modifying schema and migrating data in the relational database. | 10-01-2009 |
| 20100106729 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR METADATA SEARCH - A system, a method, and a computer readable article of manufacture for metadata searching. The system includes: a receiving module for receiving a search query with respect to a plurality of metadata resources; a query module for parsing the search query and searching related metadata resources and the structural information among the related metadata resources according to the parsing of the search query; and an output module for outputting the search results so as to realize a fuzzy structural search with respect to the plurality of metadata resources. The method includes the steps of: receiving a search query that does not designate complete structural information of the metadata resources; parsing the search query and searching related metadata resources to form search results that include the complete structural information; and outputting the search results. | 04-29-2010 |
