Koninklijke Philips Corporation N.v.

Christoph Josef Quix

Andreas Brauers

Anke Schmeink

Sandra Geisler

A method is provided. The method comprises accessing a target database comprising at least one table associated with a first concept or property of a reference ontology, defining a data source ontology for a data source comprising a dataset, said data source ontology comprising a second concept or property, wherein said second concept or property is different from said first concept or property, and creating a link between said second concept or property and said first concept or property, said link defining to which table of said target database data of said dataset, associated with said second concept or property, is related.

Method and module for linking data of a data source to a target database

A method is provided. The method comprises accessing () a target database () comprising at least one table associated with a first concept or property of a reference ontology (), defining () a data source ontology () for a data source () comprising a dataset, said data source ontology () comprising a second concept or property, wherein said second concept or property is different from said first concept or property, and creating () a link between said second concept or property and said first concept or property, said link defining to which table of said target database data of said dataset, associated with said second concept or property, is related.

A method for creating a relational database schema is provided. The method comprises accessing () a reference ontology () comprising a first number of concepts and a second number of properties, selecting () a first set of concepts from the reference ontology, determining () a first set of properties from said second number of properties, associated with the selected first set of concepts, determining () a second set of concepts associated with the determined first set of properties, and generating () a relational database schema comprising a number of tables, of which at least one table pertains to a concept of said second set of concepts. Further, a module () for creating a relational database schema is provided.

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Christoph Josef Quix