Does the IFF have a methodology for the semantic integration of ontologies?
Yes. The IFF methodology for the semantic integration of ontologies was discussed in a Boeing mini-workshop presentation and a Cataloging & Classification Quarterly paper. The IFF approach to the semantic integration of ontologies is the two-step process of alignment and unification. ○ Ontological alignment is the semiautomatic process of the sharing of common terminology and semantics through a mediating ontology. ○ Ontological unification, concentrated in a virtual ontology of community connections, is the automatic process of fusion of the alignment diagram of participant community ontologies.
