RETRACTION
http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2016/1107r

Retraction

[Original article] Sedighi SM, Javidan R. Semantic query in a relational database using a local ontology construction. S Afr J Sci. 2012;108(11/12), Art. #1107, 10 pages. http://dx.doi.org/10.4102/sajs.v108i11/12.1107

HOW TO CITE: Retraction: Semantic query in a relational database using a local ontology construction. [S Afr J Sci. 2012;108(11/12), Art. #1107, 10 pages]. S Afr J Sci. 2016;112(9/10), Art. #1107R, 1 page. http://dx.doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2016/1107R

The Editor-in-Chief is retracting the paper entitled 'Semantic query in a relational database using a local ontology construction' by Saeed M. Sedighi (corresponding author) and Reza Javidan, published in the November/December 2012 issue (volume 108 number 11/12).

After an extensive investigation by expert, external assessors, the paper has been found to be a plagiarised version of the following article:

Munir K, Odeh M, McClatchey R. Managing the mappings between domain ontologies and database schemas when formulating relational queries. IDEAS '09: Proceedings of the 2009 International Database Engineering & Applications Symposium. New York: ACM; 2009. p. 131-141. http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1620432.1620446