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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2010 Sep 1.
Published in final edited form as: Web Semant. 2009 Sep 1;7(3):235–251. doi: 10.1016/j.websem.2009.04.001

Table 2. Examples of lexical similarity calculations.

a: b: sid slabel Notes
Book Volume 0.99 0.99 Same id and label, both synonyms.
CD CD 1.0 0.99 Labels are “CD” for a:CD, and “Certificate of Deposit” for b:CD.
Book Reference 0.0 0.955 Not synonyms, but closely related
Male Female 0.0 0.0 Antonyms (as example only: b:Female does not exist in example
ontologies).