Patent ID: 8631048
Filing Date: 2014-01-14
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of incorporating one or more sets of new data and adapting existing data based on the new data, comprising: extracting, using an extraction module, a data model from a new data set, wherein the extraction module comprises instructions stored on at least one computer-readable medium that are executable by a processor; generating, using the extraction module, one or more sets of schema ontology assertions based on the extracted data model, wherein a common schema alignment ontology is used to represent the extracted data model; and aligning, using an alignment module, the extracted data model represented using the common schema alignment ontology with at least one existing aligned ontology, wherein the extracted data model is aligned with the at least one existing aligned ontology based on one or more ontology equivalence assertions configured to link schema ontology assertions with the existing aligned ontology, wherein the alignment module comprises one or more alignment agents having been trained, using one or more training sets, to identify the one or more ontology equivalence assertions, and wherein the alignment module comprises instructions stored on the at least one computer-readable medium that are executable by the processor; wherein aligning the extracted data model with the at least one existing aligned ontology comprises: