• openAccess   Logic-based assessment of the compatibility of UMLS ontology sources 

      Jiménez Ruiz, Ernesto; Cuenca Grau, Bernardo; Horrocks, Ian; Berlanga Llavori, Rafael BioMed Central (2011-03-07)
      Background: The UMLS Metathesaurus (UMLS-Meta) is currently the most comprehensive effort for integrating independently-developed medical thesauri and ontologies. UMLS-Meta is being used in many applications, including ...
    • openAccess   Ontology integration using mappings: towards getting the right logical consequences 

      Jiménez Ruiz, Ernesto; Cuenca Grau, Bernardo; Horrocks, Ian; Berlanga Llavori, Rafael Springer Verlag (Germany) (2009)
      We propose a general method and novel algorithmic techniques to facilitate the integration of independently developed ontologies using mappings. Our method and techniques aim at helping users understand and evaluate the ...
    • closedAccess   Supporting concurrent ontology development: Framework, algorithms and tool 

      Jiménez Ruiz, Ernesto; Cuenca Grau, Bernardo; Horrocks, Ian; Berlanga Llavori, Rafael Elsevier (2010-10-13)
      We propose a novel approach to facilitate the concurrent development of ontologies by different groups of experts. Our approach adapts Concurrent Versioning, a successful paradigm in software development, to allow several ...