Guidelines for reusing ontologies on the semantic web
Guidelines for reusing ontologies on the semantic web
The ability to efficiently and effectively reuse ontologies is commonly acknowledged to play a crucial role in the large scale dissemination of ontologies and ontology-driven technology, being thus a pre-requisite for the ongoing realization of the Semantic Web. In this article, we give an account of ontology reuse from a process point of view. We present a methodology that can be utilized to systematize and monitor ontology engineering processes in scenarios reusing available ontological knowledge in the context of a particular application. Notably, and by contrast to existing approaches in this field, our aim is to provide means to overcome the poor reusability of existing resources — rather than to solve the more general issue of building new, more reusable knowledge components. To do so we investigate the impact of the application context of an ontology — in terms of tasks this ontology has been created for and will be utilized in — has on the feasibility of a reuse-oriented ontology development strategy and provide guidelines that take these aspects into account. The applicability of the methodology is demonstrated through a case study performed in collaboration with an international eRecruitment solution provider.
semantic technologies, ontologies, reuse, usability, guidelines, methodology
239-283
Simperl, E.
40261ae4-c58c-48e4-b78b-5187b10e4f67
2010
Simperl, E.
40261ae4-c58c-48e4-b78b-5187b10e4f67
Simperl, E.
(2010)
Guidelines for reusing ontologies on the semantic web.
International Journal of Semantic Computing, 4 (2), .
(doi:10.1142/S1793351X10001012).
Abstract
The ability to efficiently and effectively reuse ontologies is commonly acknowledged to play a crucial role in the large scale dissemination of ontologies and ontology-driven technology, being thus a pre-requisite for the ongoing realization of the Semantic Web. In this article, we give an account of ontology reuse from a process point of view. We present a methodology that can be utilized to systematize and monitor ontology engineering processes in scenarios reusing available ontological knowledge in the context of a particular application. Notably, and by contrast to existing approaches in this field, our aim is to provide means to overcome the poor reusability of existing resources — rather than to solve the more general issue of building new, more reusable knowledge components. To do so we investigate the impact of the application context of an ontology — in terms of tasks this ontology has been created for and will be utilized in — has on the feasibility of a reuse-oriented ontology development strategy and provide guidelines that take these aspects into account. The applicability of the methodology is demonstrated through a case study performed in collaboration with an international eRecruitment solution provider.
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Published date: 2010
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semantic technologies, ontologies, reuse, usability, guidelines, methodology
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Web & Internet Science
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URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/351597
ISSN: 1793-351X
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