104 ◾ Monika Lanzenberger and Jennifer Sampson
Although the entities Erholungsurlaub (recreation) and Erlebnisurlaub
(adventure) are identied as syntactically equal in both ontologies, a third called
Aktivurlaub (active vacation) in tourismA, with no directly corresponding entity
in tourismB, was found similar to another entity by the alignment algorithm. By
highlighting this concept, we perceive the associated concept in the other ontology:
Erlebnisurlaub. Based on similar object properties inherited from the superclass
(Urlaub), on the one hand, and a smaller distance (in terms of characters to be
changed) between Aktivurlaub and Erlebnisurlaub than between Aktivurlaub and
Erholungsurlaub on the other, the alignment algorithm c