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Euler/X: A toolkit for logic-based taxonomy integration

  • Mingmin Chen
    ,
  • Shizhuo Yu
    ,
  • Nico Franz
    ,
  • ,
  • Bertram Ludäscher
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Abstract

We introduce Euler/X, a toolkit for logic-based taxonomy integration. Given two taxonomies and a set of alignment constraints between them, Euler/X provides tools for detecting, explaining, and reconciling inconsistencies; finding all possible merges between (consistent) taxonomies; and visualizing merge results. Euler/X employs a number of different underlying reasoning systems, including first-order reasoners (Prover9 and Mace4), answer set programming (DLV and Potassco), and RCC reasoners (PyRCC8). We demonstrate the features of Euler/X and provide experimental results showing its feasibility on various synthetic and real-world examples.

Bibliographic Information

Output type

Research Output:
Contribution to journal
Conference article
Peer-review

Original language

English

Pages from-to (Number of pages)

Pages 219-224 (6 pages)

Journal (Volume, Issue Number)

Technische Berichte des Instituts fur Informatik der Christian-Albrechts-Universitat zu Kiel (Issue 1306 REPORT NO.)

Publication milestones

  • Published - 2013

Publication status

Published - 2013

Publication IDs

  • Scopus: 84896658298