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Paper

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Date of Presentation

Thursday, 23 May

Time of Presentation

09.45

Presentation Level

In-The-Middle

Abstract

Interoperabilty between ontologies is a big, if not the single biggest, issue in B2B data exchange. For the near (and probably distant) future there will not be a single, unifying, widely accepted B2B vocabulary. Therefore we will need mappings between different ontologies. Since these mappings are inherently situational, and the context is very complex, we cannot expect computers to create more than a small part of those mappings. We need tools to leverage the intelligence of humans business experts. We need portable, reusable and standardized mappings. Topic Maps are an excellent vehicle to provide those 'Business Maps'.