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Domain Expert Centered Ontology Reuse for Conceptual Models

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On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2011 (OTM 2011)

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Generating a project specific domain model for the database of an information system is a critical task. The notions and structure must be well chosen since the application relies on that. With the Semantic Web, many notions and structures of certain domains already exist as a shared knowledge. Hence, it seems that the designer of an information system just has to take an ontology and reuse it for the information system. However, this strategy must be applied carefully since an ontology might have a different focus and purpose with respect to the intended conceptual database model. Nevertheless, it is worth to examine an ontology for elements which can be reused. Research results already exist for this question but these research approaches focus on ontology engineers or conceptual modelers who are able to analyze the ontology. Although these persons are necessary, they are not the only ones who usually must be involved in such a process! What about the domain experts, who do not have the skills to read and understand an ontology? They must be also involved in a good process. The approach presented here, focuses on the domain experts. It will be described how domain experts can be supported and involved in the process. With respect to the ontology language, this approach focuses on OWL.

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Kop, C. (2011). Domain Expert Centered Ontology Reuse for Conceptual Models. In: Meersman, R., et al. On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2011. OTM 2011. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 7045. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-25106-1_24

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