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Semantic Web-Based Social
Network Integration
24.1 INTRODUCTION
Different organizations may have their own databases. These databases may be heterogeneous
in nature. For example, one database may be based on a relational model, while another may be
based on an object model; yet, a third database may be based on a semistructured data model
such as XML. Various tools and techniques have been developed to integrate these heterogeneous
databases. Today, we have migrated from heterogeneous databases to heterogeneous information
systems, including social network systems. These systems may handle heterogeneous data types.
Furthermore, social med ...