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Fuzzy View-Based Semantic Search

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The Semantic Web – ASWC 2006 (ASWC 2006)

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This paper presents a fuzzy version of the semantic view-based search paradigm. Our framework contributes to previous work in two ways: First, the fuzzification introduces the notion of relevance to view-based search by enabling the ranking of search results. Second, the framework makes it possible to separate the end-user’s views from content indexer’s taxonomies or ontologies. In this way, search queries can be formulated and results organized using intuitive categories that are different from the semantically complicated indexing concepts. The fuzziness is the result of allowing more accurate weighted annotations and fuzzy mappings between search categories and annotation ontologies. A prototype implementation of the framework is presented and its application to a data set in a semantic eHealth portal discussed.

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  1. Helsinki University of Technology (TKK), Media Technology and University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 5500, FI-02015 TKK, Finland

    Markus Holi & Eero Hyvönen

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  1. The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research, Osaka University, 8-1 Mihogaoka, 567-0047, Ibaraki, Osaka, Japan

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  2. Key Laboratory of Intelligent Information Processing, Institute of Computing Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 100080, Beijing,  

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  3. Information and Communication Technology, University of Trento, Italy

    Fausto Giunchiglia

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Holi, M., Hyvönen, E. (2006). Fuzzy View-Based Semantic Search. In: Mizoguchi, R., Shi, Z., Giunchiglia, F. (eds) The Semantic Web – ASWC 2006. ASWC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4185. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11836025_36

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