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A New Methodology for Building Lightweight, Domain Ontologies
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content: Bringing Ontology Development and Maintenance to the Mainstream Download PDF Ontologies supply the structure for relating information to other information in the semantic Web or the linked data realm. Ontologies provide a similar role for the organization of data that is provided by relational data schema. Because of this structural role, ontologies are pivotal to the coherence and interoperability of interconnected data [1]. There are many ways to categorize ontologies. One dimension is between upper level and mid- and lower- (or domain-) level. Another is between reference or subject (domain) ontologies. Upper-level ontologies [2] tend to be encompassing, abstract and inclusive ways to split or organize all "things". Reference ontologies tend to be cross-cutting such as ones that describe people and their interests (e.g., FOAF), reference subject concepts (e.g., UMBEL), bibliographies and citations (e.g., BIBO), projects (e.g., DOAP), simple knowledge structures (e.g., SKOS), social networks and activities (e.g., SIOC), and so forth. The focus here is on domain ontologies, which are descriptions of particular subject or domain areas. Domain ontologies are the "world views" by which organizations, communities or enterprises describe the concepts in their domain, the relationships between those concepts, and the instances or individuals that are the actual things that populate that structure. Thus, domain ontologies are the basic bread-and-butter descriptive structures for real-world applications of ontologies. According to Corcho et al. [3] "a domain ontology can be extracted from special purpose encyclopedias, dictionaries, nomenclatures, taxonomies, handbooks, scientific special languages (say, chemical formulas), specialized KBs, and from experts." Another way of stating this is to say that a domain ontology -- properly constructed -- should also be a faithful representation of the language and relationships for those who interact with that domain. The form of t…
encoded: Bringing Ontology Development and Maintenance to the Mainstream Download PDF Ontologies supply the structure for relating information to other information in the semantic Web or the linked data realm. Ontologies provide a similar role for the organization of data that is provided by relational data schema. Because of this structural role, ontologies are pivotal to the coherence and interoperability of interconnected data [1]. There are many ways to categorize ontologies. One dimension is between upper level and mid- and lower- (or domain-) level. Another is between reference or subject (domain) ontologies. Upper-level ontologies [2] tend to be encompassing, abstract and inclusive ways to split or organize all “things”. Reference ontologies tend to be cross-cutting such as ones that describe people and their interests (e.g., FOAF), reference subject concepts (e.g., UMBEL), bibliographies and citations (e.g., BIBO), projects (e.g., DOAP), simple knowledge structures (e.g., SKOS), social networks and activities (e.g., SIOC), and so forth. The focus here is on domain ontologies, which are descriptions of particular subject or domain areas. Domain ontologies are the “world views” by which organizations, communities or enterprises describe the concepts in their domain, the relationships between those concepts, and the instances or individuals that are the actual things that populate that structure. Thus, domain ontologies are the basic bread-and-butter descriptive structures for real-world applications of ontologies. According to Corcho et al. [3] “a domain ontology can be extracted from special purpose encyclopedias, dictionaries, nomenclatures, taxonomies, handbooks, scientific special languages (say, chemical formulas), specialized KBs, and from experts.” Another way of stating this is to say that a domain ontology — properly constructed — should also be a faithful representation of the language and relationships for those who interact with that domain. The form of the…
topic: Ontologies
topic: Ontology Best Practices
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links to: lightweight domain ontology methodology
links to: ontology best practices

Mike Bergman
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Mike Bergman
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Ontologies
label: ontologies
label: Intro to Ontologies

ontology design patterns
label: OntologyDesignPatterns.org

Executive Intro to Ontologies
label: An Executive Intro to Ontologies

update

survey

OpenStructs

TechWiki

Lightweight, Domain Ontologies Development Methodology

SUMO

DOLCE

PROTON

BFO

Roget’s Thesaurus

An Intrepid Guide to Ontologies

NeOn project

Ontology-driven Applications Using Adaptive Ontologies

The Semantics of Context

UMBEL

general vocabulary

When is Content Coherent?

The Open World Assumption: Elephant in the Room

MIKE2.0

semantic enterprise

MIKE2.0: Open Source Information Development in the Enterprise

working definition

Making Linked Data Reasonable using Description Logics, Part 1

Making Linked Data Reasonable using Description Logics, Part 2
label: Part 2

Making Linked Data Reasonable using Description Logics, Part 3

Making Linked Data Reasonable using Description Logics, Part 4

RDB2RDF

NeOn toolkit

Protégé

TopBraid Composer

OWL API

scones

Calais

Cogito