近两年国外本体应用研究进展

近两年国外本体应用研究主要集中于本体在信息检索、信息捕取、异构信息系统的互操作和集成、语义Web4个领域的应用，并表现出以下特点：本体在信息检索、信息捕取、异构信息系统的互操作和集成3个领域的应用研究以方法论探索为中心，研究方法以算法、建摸和系统架构为主；在语义Web的砬用研究中，以用户为中心的开发思想逐渐得到重视；研究成果多为学术会议论文，期刊论文较少。希望通过对近两年国外本体应用研究进展的梳理，能够对国内相关研究有所启示。

Review of Foreign Applied Research on Ontology from 2006 to 2008

Over the past two years,the foreign applied research on ontology mainly focused on the application of the ontology in the fields of information retrieval,information extraction,interoperability and integration of heterogeneous system,and Semantic Web. The study shows characteristics as follows:firstly,methodology exploration is a key in the study of the first 3 fields,meanwhile algorithms,modeling and structurebased systems are the principal methods;secondly,customer-centered research get more and more attention in the application study of ontology in Semantic Web;and thirdly,academic conference papers serve as the primary form,while journal papers are relatively less. We'd better get some reference for the domestic research from the foreign applied research on ontology.