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%META:TOPICINFO{author="RenatoDeGiovanni" date="1189382793" format="1.1" version="1.2"}%
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%META:TOPICPARENT{name="WebHome"}%
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TAPIR doesn't specify an official way to "map" equivalent concepts from different conceptual schemas. Ideally this should be provided by a ConceptNameServer implemented as a complete service, but such service doesn't exist yet.
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This page suggests a simple XML format to store this kind of information. TapirLink and PyWrapper are planning to use the same format.
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First, a single file serves as an index of the existing translations between conceptual schemas:
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<verbatim>
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<mappingReferencesIndex>
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<forSchema namespace="ns1">
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<ref location="ns1_references.xml"/>
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</forSchema>
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<forSchema namespace="ns2">
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<ref location="ns2_references.xml"/>
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</forSchema>
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...
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</mappingReferencesIndex>
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</verbatim>
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And then each translation is defined in a separate file:
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<verbatim>
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<mappingReferences for="ns1">
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<baseConcept id="id1">
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<ref>
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<concept id="id_of_equivalent_concept_1"/>
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</ref>
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</baseConcept>
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<baseConcept id="id2">
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<ref>
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<concept id="id_of_equivalent_concept_2"/>
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</ref>
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<ref>
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<concept id="id_of_equivalent_concept_3"/>
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</ref>
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</baseConcept>
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...
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</mappingReferences>
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</verbatim>
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Equivalent concepts inside "ref" can belong to different conceptual schemas.
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Note that a mapping ns1->ns2 may not be the exact opposite of ns2->ns1. |