The International Arab Journal of Information Technology (IAJIT)

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Using Ontologies for Extracting Differences in the

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  Over  time,  the  data  representatives  a  given  domain  can  change,  both  the  data  model  reflecting  the  area.  In  this  situation,  the  presence  of  strategies  that  can  summ arize  the  produced  changes  is  mandatory.  This  study   presents  an  implemented approach based on data mining technique s in order to extract the differences, the model is domain ontology and  the changes are represented by two ontology’s versi ons. The results are summarized in changes report. An experimentation of  the tool was made on the ontology of the cancer dis ease and satisfactory results were obtained.   


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