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a library of inter-ontology mappings maintained within a formalized, logically
well-founded generic framework that supports the addition of new ontologies
and the construction of complex services drawing seamlessly on diverse
information sources.
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This hyper-ontological framework will be able to automatically, where possible,
and semi-automatically where not:
connect single services to ontologies in their area, by aligning them to a higher
level model;
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interconnect heterogeneous ontologies that remain in the hyperontological
framework in a common domain;
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interconnect ontologies of different domains that remain in the hyper-
ontological framework;
develop ontological frameworks that are compatible to this hyper-ontological
framework in areas where these do not exist.
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In order to link existing and newly developed ontologies to this new hyper-
ontology, efficient tools will automate the process and support the service providers
and developers in making their services OASIS-compliant.
Figure 12.
OASIS system and its intended usage.
AMIGO.
The Amigo project has not only designed an architecture but also
implemented it as Open Source Software. The architecture follows the paradigm of
Service Orientation, which allows developing software as services that are delivered
and consumed on demand. The benefit of this approach lies in the loose coupling of the
software components that make up an application. Discovery mechanisms can be used
for finding and selecting the functionality that a client is looking for. Many protocols
already exist in the area of Service Orientation. The Amigo project supports a number
of these important protocols for discovery and communication in an interoperable way.
