Bouquet P.: Matching Hierarchical Classifications with Attributes

Abstract. Hierarchical Classications with Attributes are tree-like structures used for organizing/classifying data. Due to the exponential growth and distribution of information across the network, and to the fact that such information is usually clustered by means of this kind of structures, we assist nowadays to an increasing interest in nding techniques to dene mappings among such structures. In this paper, we propose a new algorithm for discovering mappings across hierarchi-cal classications, which faces the matching problem as a problem of deducing relations between sets of logical terms representing the meaning of hierarchical classication nodes.