Viewpoints on emergent semantics

Philippe Cudré-Mauroux, Alia I. Abdelmoty, Tiziana Catarei, Ernesto Damiani, Arantxa Illaramendi, Mustafa Jarrar, Robert Meersman, Erich J. Neuhold, Christine Parent, Kai Uwe Sattler, Monica Scannapieco, Stefano Spaccapietra, Peter Spyns, Guy De Tré

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Abstract

We introduce a novel view on how to deal with the problems of semantic interoperability in distributed systems. This view is based on the concept of emergent semantics, which sees both the representation of semantics and the discovery of the proper interpretation of symbols as the result of a self-organizing process performed by distributed agents exchanging symbols and having utilities dependent on the proper interpretation of the symbols. This is a complex systems perspective on the problem of dealing with semantics. We highlight some of the distinctive features of our vision and point out preliminary examples of its application.

Original languageBritish English
Title of host publicationJournal on Data Semantics VI - Special Issue on Emergent Semantics
PublisherSpringer Verlag
Pages1-27
Number of pages27
ISBN (Print)3540367128, 9783540367123
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume4090 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

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