A Rule-Based Approach for the Recognition of Similarities and Differences in the Integration of Structural Karlstad Enterprise Modeling Schemata

Abstract

In this paper, we address the recognition of similarities and differences in schema integration while applying the notation in the Karlstad Enterprise Modeling approach. In doing so, we describe and present a set of "if-then" rules. In these rules, we make use of both concept name comparison and comparison of concept neighborhoods (their surroundings). Following the classification of schema matching approaches given by [26], the rules are classified as a composite schema-based matching approach. The rules should first of all be viewed as a step towards a semi-automatic method for the recognition of similarities and differences in the integration of structural Karlstad Enterprise Modeling schemata. By applying the proposed rules, several problems, such as homonyms and synonyms, might be recognized that otherwise could pass unnoticed.