<p>Representing ontology alignments is the general purpose of this vocabulary. Particularly, it extends the ontology <ahref="format.html">alignment format</a> in order to enable the representation of <b>complex correspondences</b>.</p>
<p>Representing ontology alignments is the general purpose of this vocabulary. Particularly, it extends the ontology <ahref="format.html">alignment format</a> in order to enable the representation of complex correspondences.</p>
<p>This format can be used for cases where expressing equivalence or subsumption between terms is not sufficient, when more precise relations need to be expressed. While term equivalence or subsumption might be enough for exchanging documents, more precise relations are needed to exchange and integrate data.</p>