Stefan Anderlik, Bernd Neumayr, Michael Schrefl,
"Using Domain Ontologies as Semantic Dimensions in Data Warehouses"
: Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2012), Florence, Italy, October 15-18, 2012, Springer Verlag, 10-2012
Original Titel:
Using Domain Ontologies as Semantic Dimensions in Data Warehouses
Sprache des Titels:
Englisch
Original Buchtitel:
Proceedings of the 31st International Conference on Conceptual Modeling (ER 2012), Florence, Italy, October 15-18, 2012
Original Kurzfassung:
More and more transaction systems collect records that reference concepts of domain ontologies in so-called semantic attributes. This paper investigates how such semantic attributes together with their referenced domain ontology can be best exploited for data analysis in data warehouses. This gives rise to two challenges: first, exploit the rich knowledge represented in domain ontologies for targeted analysis and, second, aggregate data along the subsumption hierarchy of concepts and ensuring summarizability in the absence of predefined aggregation levels. To meet these challenges, the paper extends OLAP (OnLine Analytical Processing) by integrating concept expressions and proper level definitions over domain ontologies into OLAP operations. A prototype demonstrates the feasibility of the approach.
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