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Modeling Changes for SHOIN(D) Ontologies: An Exhaustive Structural Model
Christophe CruzChristophe NicollePerrine Pittetsubject
Ontology Inference Layer[INFO.INFO-LO] Computer Science [cs]/Logic in Computer Science [cs.LO][INFO.INFO-WB] Computer Science [cs]/WebComputer scienceProcess ontology030303 biophysicsData_MISCELLANEOUS[ INFO.INFO-WB ] Computer Science [cs]/Web02 engineering and technologyOntology (information science)computer.software_genre03 medical and health sciencesOntology chart[INFO.INFO-FL]Computer Science [cs]/Formal Languages and Automata Theory [cs.FL]SHOIN(D) Description LogicOntology components0202 electrical engineering electronic engineering information engineeringUpper ontologyOWL DL[INFO.INFO-FL] Computer Science [cs]/Formal Languages and Automata Theory [cs.FL]0303 health sciencesbusiness.industryOntology-based data integration[INFO.INFO-WB]Computer Science [cs]/WebSuggested Upper Merged Ontology[INFO.INFO-LO]Computer Science [cs]/Logic in Computer Science [cs.LO]Structural ConsistencyOntology EvolutionIEEE[ INFO.INFO-FL ] Computer Science [cs]/Formal Languages and Automata Theory [cs.FL]Ontology Model020201 artificial intelligence & image processing[ INFO.INFO-LO ] Computer Science [cs]/Logic in Computer Science [cs.LO]Artificial intelligenceComputingMethodologies_GENERALChange ModellingbusinesscomputerNatural language processingdescription
Ontology development starts with a rigorous ontological analysis that provides a conceptualization of the domain to model agreed by the community. An ontology, specified in a formal language, approximates the intended models of this conceptualization. It needs then to be revised and refined until an ontological commitment is found. Also ulterior updates, responding to changes in the domain and/or the conceptualization, are expected to occur throughout the ontology life cycle. To handle a consistent application of changes, a couple of ontology evolution methodologies have been proposed. Maintaining the structural consistency is one of the ontology evolution criteria. It implies modeling changes with respect to how the constructs of the ontology language are used. However there is no ontology model, among those proposed, that allows to exhaustively describe changes and their impact for languages based on SHOIN(D) description logic. To bridge this gap, this paper presents a complete structural ontology model suited for change modeling on SHOIN(D) ontologies. The application of this model is illustrated along the paper through the description of an ontology example inspired by the UOBM ontology benchmark and its evolution.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013-09-16 |