Information Technology Journal1812-56381812-5646Asian Network for Scientific Information10.3923/itj.2010.132.138LuHuimin FengBoqin 1201091We propose a novel concept of Intelligent Topic Map, which extends the conventional topic map in structure and enhances the reasoning functions. With the Intelligent Topic Map as infrastructure, a mechanism of distributed knowledge integration is designed. The structure is divided into three layers: local Intelligent Topic Map layer, similarity measure layer and global Intelligent Topic Map layer. It provides a uniform query interface to a multitude of knowledge sources and lays the foundation for high-quality knowledge services. Moreover, we propose a new similarity measure algorithm based on comprehensive information theory and merging rules for knowledge integration. The experimental results show that our method is feasible and it has the significance of reference and value of further study for the distributed knowledge integration.]]>Baru, C., A. Gupta, B. Ludascher, R. Marciano, Y. Papakonstantinou, P. Velikhov and V. Chu,199928597599Carey, M.J., L.M. Hass, P.M. Schwarz, M. Arya and W.F. Cody et al.,19951995pp: 124131ISO/IEC,20082008ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC34 N323,20022002Kim, J.M., H. Shin and H.J. Kim,200743930945Korthaus, A., M. Aleksy and S. Henke,200966680Lu, H., B. Feng, Y. Zhao, Q. Zheng and J. Liu,20082008pp: 261265Maicher, L. and H.F. Witschel,20042004pp: 111Pepper, S.,20012001Pepper, S. and G. Moore,20012001Seng, J.L. and I.L. Kong,2009361053810550Silva, P.A., C.M.F.A. Ribeiro and U. Schiel,20072007pp: 147154Stumme, G. and A. Madche,20012001pp: 225234Tomasic, A., L. Raschid and P. Valduriez,199810808823Wu, X., L. Zhou, L. Zhang and Q. Ding,200639131136Zhang, C., X. Yang and S. Du,20082008pp: 14Lu, H. and B. Feng,2009812421248