@inproceedings{Euzenat_Zimmermann_Freitas:WoMO2007,
 author    = {J\'er\^ome Euzenat and Antoine Zimmermann and Fred Freitas},
 title     = {Alignment-based modules for encapsulating ontologies},
 year      = {2007},
 pages     = {32--45},
 booktitle = {{S}econd {I}nternational {W}orkshop on {M}odular {O}ntologies ({WOMO 2007})},
 month     = jun,
 publisher = {{CEUR} {W}orkshop {P}roceedings},
 editor    = {Bernardo Cuenca-Grau and Vasant Honavar and Anne Schlicht and Frank Wolter},
 language  = {en},
 url       = {http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/Publications/CEUR-WS/Vol-315/paper4.pdf},
 keywords  = {ontology alignments, modular ontologies, ontology engineering},
 abstract  = {Ontology engineering on the web requires a well-defined ontology module system that allows sharing knowledge. This involves declaring modules that expose their content through an interface which hides the way concepts are modeled. We provide a straightforward syntax for such modules which is mainly based on ontology alignments. We show how to adapt a generic semantics of alignments so that it accounts for the hiding of non-exported elements, but honor the semantics of the encapsulated ontologies. The generality of this framework allows modules to be reused within different contexts built upon various logical formalisms.}
}