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15. Challenges, Approaches and Solutions in Data Integration for Research and Innovation

Authors : Maurizio Lenzerini, Cinzia Daraio

Published in: Springer Handbook of Science and Technology Indicators

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Abstract

In order to be implemented by policy makers, science, technology, and innovation () policies and indicator building need data. Whenever we need data, we need a method for data management, and in the era of big data, a crucial role is played by data integration. Therefore, STI policies and indicator development need data integration. Two main approaches to data integration exist, namely procedural and declarative. In this chapter, we follow the latter approach and focus our attention on the ontology-based data integration () paradigm. The main principles of OBDI are:
(i)
Leave the data where they are.
 
(ii)
Build a conceptual specification of the domain of interest (ontology), in terms of knowledge structures.
 
(iii)
Map such knowledge structures to concrete data sources.
 
(iv)
Express all services over the abstract representation.
 
(v)
Automatically translate knowledge services to data services.
 
We introduce the main challenges of data integration for research and innovation () and show that reasoning over an ontology connected to data may be very helpful for the study of R&I. We also provide examples by using Sapientia, an ontology specifically defined for multidimensional research assessment.

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Metadata
Title
Challenges, Approaches and Solutions in Data Integration for Research and Innovation
Authors
Maurizio Lenzerini
Cinzia Daraio
Copyright Year
2019
Publisher
Springer International Publishing
Book
Springer Handbook of Science and Technology Indicators

Print ISBN: 978-3-030-02510-6

Electronic ISBN: 978-3-030-02511-3

Copyright Year: 2019

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02511-3_15

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