Merging of Ontologies Through Merging of Their Rules

Ontology merging is important, but not always effective. The main reason, why ontology merging is not effective, is that ontology merging is perform ed without considering goals. Goals define the way, in which ontologies to be merg ed more effectively. The paper illustrates ontology m erging by means of rules, which are generate d from these ontologies. This is necessary for further use in expert systems.