Title
SMART: A tool for analyzing and reconciling schema matching networks
Abstract
Schema matching supports data integration by establishing correspondences between the attributes of independently designed database schemas. In recent years, various tools for automatic pair-wise matching of schemas have been developed. Since the matching process is inherently uncertain, the correspondences generated by such tools are often validated by a human expert. In this work, we consider scenarios in which attribute correspondences are identified in a network of schemas and not only in a pairwise setting. Here, correspondences between different schemas are interrelated, so that incomplete and erroneous matching results propagate in the network and the validation of a correspondence by an expert has ripple effects. To analyse and reconcile such matchings in schema networks, we present the Schema Matching Analyzer and Reconciliation Tool (SMART). It allows for the definition of network-level integrity constraints for the matching and, based thereon, detects and visualizes inconsistencies of the matching. The tool also supports the reconciliation of a matching by guiding an expert in the validation process and by offering semi-automatic conflict-resolution techniques.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/ICDE.2015.7113408
ICDE
Field
DocType
ISSN
Data integration,Data mining,Pairwise comparison,Information retrieval,Schema migration,Computer science,Database schema,Data integrity,Schema matching,User interface,Schema (psychology),Database
Conference
1084-4627
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
9
Authors
8
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Nguyen Quoc Viet Hung151543.34
Nguyen Thanh Tam213014.46
Vinh Tuan Chau310.35
Tri Kurniawan Wijaya414014.20
Zoltán Miklós5584.13
Karl Aberer66459662.26
Avigdor Gal71128116.45
Matthias Weidlich8140989.37