5. The method of claim 2 , wherein aligning the set of interschema aligned ontology assertions with the at least one existing aligned ontology comprises: determining the existence of one or more semantically equivalent elements contained within schema ontology assertions of the set of interschema aligned ontology assertions and the at least one existing aligned ontology; and generating one or more new ontology equivalence assertions based on the schema ontology assertions containing the semantically equivalent elements.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the existence of one or more semantically equivalent elements contained within the schema ontology assertions is determined based on a computer-readable dictionary comprising a plurality of sets of semantically equivalent terms.