D 2 . 2 . 10 : Expressive alignment language and implementation Coordinator : Jérôme Euzenat ( INRIA )

This deliverable provides the description of an alignment language which is both expressive and independent from ontology languages. It defines the language through its abstract syntax and semantics depending on ontology language semantics. It then describes two concrete syntax: an exchange syntax in RDF/XML and a surface syntax for human consumption. Finally, it presents the current implementation of this expressive language within the Alignment API taking advantage of the OMWG implementation. Keyword list: ontology matching, ontology alignment, alignment language, expressive alignments, alignment semantics. Copyright c © 2007 The contributors Document Identifier KWEB/2004/D2.2.10/1.0 Project KWEB EU-IST-2004-507482 Version 1.0 Date August 31, 2007 State final Distribution public ha l-0 08 22 89 2, v er si on 1 15 M ay 2 01 3 Knowledge Web Consortium This document is part of a research project funded by the IST Programme of the Commission of the European Communities as project number IST-2004-507482. University of Innsbruck (UIBK) Coordinator Institute of Computer Science Technikerstrasse 13 A-6020 Innsbruck Austria Contact person: Dieter Fensel E-mail address: [email protected] École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) Computer Science Department Swiss Federal Institute of Technology IN (Ecublens), CH-1015 Lausanne Switzerland Contact person: Boi Faltings E-mail address: [email protected] France Telecom (FT) 4 Rue du Clos Courtel 35512 Cesson Sévigné France. PO Box 91226 Contact person : Alain Leger E-mail address: [email protected] Freie Universität Berlin (FU Berlin) Takustrasse 9 14195 Berlin Germany Contact person: Robert Tolksdorf E-mail address: [email protected] Free University of Bozen-Bolzano (FUB) Piazza Domenicani 3 39100 Bolzano Italy Contact person: Enrico Franconi E-mail address: [email protected] Institut National de Recherche en Informatique et en Automatique (INRIA) ZIRST 655 avenue de l’Europe Montbonnot Saint Martin 38334 Saint-Ismier France Contact person: Jérôme Euzenat E-mail address: [email protected] Centre for Research and Technology Hellas / Informatics and Telematics Institute (ITI-CERTH) 1st km Thermi Panorama road 57001 Thermi-Thessaloniki Greece. Po Box 361 Contact person: Michael G. Strintzis E-mail address: [email protected] Learning Lab Lower Saxony (L3S) Expo Plaza 1 30539 Hannover Germany Contact person: Wolfgang Nejdl E-mail address: [email protected] National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG) National University of Ireland Science and Technology Building University Road Galway Ireland Contact person: Christoph Bussler E-mail address: [email protected] The Open University (OU) Knowledge Media Institute The Open University Milton Keynes, MK7 6AA United Kingdom Contact person: Enrico Motta E-mail address: [email protected] ha l-0 08 22 89 2, v er si on 1 15 M ay 2 01 3 Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (UPM) Campus de Montegancedo sn 28660 Boadilla del Monte Spain Contact person: Asunción Gómez Pérez E-mail address: [email protected] University of Karlsruhe (UKARL) Institut für Angewandte Informatik und Formale Beschreibungsverfahren AIFB Universität Karlsruhe D-76128 Karlsruhe Germany Contact person: Rudi Studer E-mail address: [email protected] University of Liverpool (UniLiv) Chadwick Building, Peach Street L697ZF Liverpool United Kingdom Contact person: Michael Wooldridge E-mail address: [email protected] University of Manchester (UoM) Room 2.32. Kilburn Building, Department of Computer Science, University of Manchester, Oxford Road Manchester, M13 9PL United Kingdom Contact person: Carole Goble E-mail address: [email protected] University of Sheffield (USFD) Regent Court, 211 Portobello street S14DP Sheffield United Kingdom Contact person: Hamish Cunningham E-mail address: [email protected] University of Trento (UniTn) Via Sommarive 14 38050 Trento Italy Contact person: Fausto Giunchiglia E-mail address: [email protected] Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VUA) De Boelelaan 1081a 1081HV. Amsterdam The Netherlands Contact person: Frank van Harmelen E-mail address: [email protected] Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) Pleinlaan 2, Building G1