An ontology-based quality framework for data integration

Jianing Wang, Nigel Martin, Alexandra Poulovassilis

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Abstract

The data integration (DI) process involves multiple users with roles such as administrators, integrators and end-users, each of whom may have requirements which have an impact on the overall quality of an integrated resource. Users' requirements may conflict with each other, and so a quality framework for the DI context has to be capable of representing the variety of such requirements and provide mechanisms to detect and resolve the possible inconsistencies between them. This paper presents a framework for the specification of DI quality criteria and associated user requirements. This is underpinned by a Description Language formalisation with associated reasoning capabilities which enables a DI setting to be tested to identify those elements that are inconsistent with users' requirements. The application of the framework is illustrated with an example showing how it can be used to improve the quality of an integrated resource.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationWorkshops on Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011 International Workshops and Doctoral Consortium, Revised Selected Papers
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages196-208
Number of pages13
ISBN (Print)9783642292309
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2012
Externally publishedYes
Event10th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011 - Riga, Latvia
Duration: 6 Oct 20118 Oct 2011

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Business Information Processing
Volume106 LNBIP
ISSN (Print)1865-1348

Conference

Conference10th International Conference on Perspectives in Business Informatics Research, BIR 2011
Country/TerritoryLatvia
CityRiga
Period6/10/118/10/11

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