<s>
Information	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
(	O
II	O
)	O
is	O
the	O
merging	O
of	O
information	O
from	O
heterogeneous	O
sources	O
with	O
differing	O
conceptual	O
,	O
contextual	O
and	O
typographical	O
representations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
data	B-Application
mining	I-Application
and	O
consolidation	O
of	O
data	O
from	O
unstructured	O
or	O
semi-structured	O
resources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
,	O
information	B-General_Concept
integration	I-General_Concept
refers	O
to	O
textual	O
representations	O
of	O
knowledge	O
but	O
is	O
sometimes	O
applied	O
to	O
rich-media	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Information	B-General_Concept
fusion	I-General_Concept
,	O
which	O
is	O
a	O
related	O
term	O
,	O
involves	O
the	O
combination	O
of	O
information	O
into	O
a	O
new	O
set	O
of	O
information	O
towards	O
reducing	O
redundancy	O
and	O
uncertainty	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Examples	O
of	O
technologies	O
available	O
to	O
integrate	O
information	O
include	O
deduplication	B-General_Concept
,	O
and	O
string	O
metrics	O
which	O
allow	O
the	O
detection	O
of	O
similar	O
text	O
in	O
different	O
data	O
sources	O
by	O
fuzzy	B-Algorithm
matching	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
host	O
of	O
methods	O
for	O
these	O
research	O
areas	O
are	O
available	O
such	O
as	O
those	O
presented	O
in	O
the	O
International	O
Society	O
of	O
Information	B-General_Concept
Fusion	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
