A Semantic Web Based Ontology Mapping and Instance Transformation Framework

We present a semantic-based ontology mapping framework that offers instance transformation and discovery of new mapping using reasoning. Our framework comprises an expressive OWL-Full Mapping Representation Ontology (MRO) and a mapping translation method. Ontology mappings are represented in terms of an instantiation of the MRO. We define formal semantics for our ontology mapping representation by translating the ontology mappings in OWL-Full to OWL and SWRL in order to derive new ontology mappings and perform instance transformation using reasoning. We have evaluated the workings of our ontology mapping framework by mapping three ontologies each representing a disease specific Clinical Practice Guideline (CPG) to a general CPG representation ontology. The intent of the mapping is to provide knowledge-driven decision support for the management of patients with multiple diseases