Definition: SimilarityMeasure

The concept of a SimilarityMeasure in the PhaseLibs describes an interface to measure a distance (of any kind) between two ontology entities (Frames?). These entities can be taken from the same, or from two different ontologies. The resulting value is rquired to be in the interval [0..1].

A SimiliarityMeasure can use any information available (i.e. accessible via the ontology model interface) about the given entities (Frames?).

Furthermore a SimiliarityMeasure can calculate a matrix of similarities to enable the algorithm to work more efficiently on large batches.

This concept is represented by the class SimilarityMeasure.