ABSTRACTS OF ARTICLES OF THE JOURNAL "INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES".
No. 10. Vol. 28. 2022

DOI: 10.17587/it.28.529-538

V. S. Zayakin^1,2, MA Student¹, Data Engineer², L. N. Lyadova¹, PhD, Associate Professor,
E. A. Rabchevskiy², CEO,
¹ HSE University, Perm branch, Perm, 614066, Russian Federation,
² SEUSLAB LLC, Perm, 614070, Russian Federation

An Ontological Approach to Information Integration in Data Intensive Domains

The development and support of knowledge-based systems for experts in the field of social network analysis (SNA) is complicated because of the problems of viability maintenance that inevitably emerge in data intensive domains. Largely this is the case due to the properties of semi-structured objects and processes that are analyzed by data specialists using data mining techniques and others automated analytical tools. Firstly, new sources (e. g. online social networks, published databases) constantly become available for gathering, analyzing, and interpreting data. Thus, new sources should be modelled and embedded in existing data structures maintaining logical consistency. Secondly, new techniques and underlying algorithms are also constantly being developed. Therefore, analysis results should be integrated with source data, and metamodels that describe the integration should be adaptable and extensible. Thirdly, the dynamism of semi-structured objects entails constant changes in knowledge models produced by domain experts and knowledge engineers. Considering that the same data could be used by different domain experts it is crucial not only to support traceability of changes in models but also to ensure independence of expert interpretation of these models. The analysis of existing approaches to information integration shows lack of solutions implementing traceability of changes. This paper introduces a novel approach to information integration based on ontological and production knowledge models to fill this gap. A conceptual description of the approach and an underlying set-theoretical model are given. The main difference of the given approach from the existing ones is the uniformity to the integration of different kinds of ontologies as well as different versions of ontologies using rule-based model of ontological mappings, which is demonstrated by the example of solving the special case of the problem of identifying key users (so-called bridges) in social networks.
Keywords: integration, ontologies, knowledge bases, databases, system viability, analytical platforms, open data, data analysis, social networks, semi-structured objects

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