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CREAM: A Mediator Based Environment for Modeling and Accessing Distributed Information on the Web
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CREAM: A Mediator Based Environment for Modeling and Accessing Distributed Information on the Web
Sudha Ram7 , Jinsoo Park8 and Yousub Hwang7 
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Department of Management Information Systems, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, 85721 |
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Department of Information Decision Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 55455 |
Abstract
The proliferation of the Internet has led to increasing semantic heterogeneity on the World Wide Web. Networking technology
provides physical connectivity, but it does not ensure meaningful data exchange. Therefore, semantic interoperability among
heterogeneous information sources continues to pose enormous challenges to the database and other communities. Consequently,
cooperation of metadata, ontologies, and mediators is becoming even more important in achieving semantic interoperability;
mediators collect information from heterogeneous and autonomous sources and resolve semantic conflicts by referring to metadata
and ontologies. Based on the mediator approach, we have implemented a Conflict Resolution Environment for Autonomous Mediation (CREAM) system. The system provides various user groups (e.g., end-users and information integrators)
with an integrated and collaborative facility for achieving semantic interoperability among the participating heterogeneous
information sources. The detailed description of a theoretical framework for semantic conflict detection and resolution methodology
can be found in [1]. Our major contribution is that our system automatically understands and resolves a large number of semantic and syntactic conflicts among heterogeneous databases. We have tried to minimize the burden on
the end users and database administrators while trying to automate the heterogeneous conflict resolution process.
This research is supported in part by the HyDiS and RESAC research grants from NASA.
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