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%R 98-02
%U /projects/aec/algont.ps
%A Campbell, Alistair E.
%A Shapiro, Stuart C.
%T Algorithms for Ontological Mediation
%D January 23, 1998
%I Department of Computer Science, SUNY Buffalo
%K ontology, agent, miscommunication, mediation, interlingua
%X We lay the foundation for ontological mediation as a method for resolving 
communication difficulties resulting from different ontologies.  The 
notion of hierarchical relations enables a theory of orientation or 
direction of ontologies to be presented.  We describe an ontologcial 
mediator as being able to think about (or conceptualize) concepts from 
ontologies and find equivalences between them.  Algorithms for finding 
the meanings of unfamiliar words by asking questions are introduced and 
evaluated experimentally.