This kind of confusion can be resolved if ontologies( or other Web services) provide equivalence relations: one or both of our ontologies may contain the information that my zip code is equivalent to your postal code.

• 这类混淆可以靠知识本体（其他网路服务）供对等关系讯息来解决，比如说，上述两个知识本体中至少有一个拥有这项资讯：我的邮递区号相等于你的邮政编码。