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Aspect-Oriented Ontology Development

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Business Information Systems Workshops (BIS 2013)

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In this paper, we describe our PhD research on an aspect-oriented approach for multi-dimensional specification of ontology modules driven by cross-cutting modularization requirements. The problem with existing modularization techniques lies in their respective focus on a single dimension along which a problem space can be segmented. We believe, however, that the majority of real-world ontology development scenarios is more complex, and that most applications have the potential for providing multiple cross-cutting modularization use cases. We examine commonalities between ontology modules and software aspects and propose an approach to applying the latter to the problem of a priori construction of modular ontologies and a posteriori ontology modularization.

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  1. Corporate Semantic Web Group, Freie Universität Berlin, Königin-Luise-Str. 24/26, 14195, Berlin, Germany

    Ralph Schäfermeier

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Schäfermeier, R. (2013). Aspect-Oriented Ontology Development. In: Abramowicz, W. (eds) Business Information Systems Workshops. BIS 2013. Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, vol 160. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-41687-3_20

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