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2007 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
The matching problem
Published in: Ontology Matching
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
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In a distributed and open system, such as the semantic web and many other applications presented in the previous chapter, heterogeneity cannot be avoided. Different actors have different interests and habits, use different tools and knowledge, and most often, at different levels of detail. These various reasons for heterogeneity lead to diverse forms of heterogeneity, and, therefore, should be carefully taken into consideration.