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org.semanticweb.owl.align
Interface AlignmentProcess

All Superinterfaces:
Alignment
All Known Implementing Classes:
ClassNameAlignment, ClassNameEqAlignment, ClassStructAlignment, EditDistNameAlignment, JWNLAlignmentTest, NameAndPropertyAlignment, NameEqAlignment, PropSubsDistAlignment, StrucSubsDistAlignment, SubsDistNameAlignment

public interface AlignmentProcess
extends Alignment

Represents an OWL ontology alignment.

Version:
$Id: AlignmentProcess.java,v 1.2 2004/04/18 20:31:46 euzenat Exp $
Author:
Jérôme Euzenat

Method Summary
 void align(Alignment alignment, Parameters param)
          The align method computes the alignment from the ontologies.
 
Methods inherited from interface org.semanticweb.owl.align.Alignment
accept, addAlignCell, addAlignCell, compose, cut, cut, dump, getAlignCell1, getAlignCell2, getAlignedObject1, getAlignedObject2, getAlignedRelation1, getAlignedRelation2, getAlignedStrength1, getAlignedStrength2, getElements, getFile1, getFile2, getLevel, getOntology1, getOntology2, getType, harden, inverse, join, meet, nbCells, render, setFile1, setFile2, setLevel, setOntology1, setOntology2, setType
 

Method Detail

align

public void align(Alignment alignment,
                  Parameters param)
           throws AlignmentException,
                  OWLException
The align method computes the alignment from the ontologies. It is hightly dependent on the implementation. It take an initial Alignment as input. TODO: a set of parameters should better be passed to the alignment method.

Throws:
AlignmentException
OWLException

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