Using OWL-VisMod through a decision-making process for reusing OWL ontologies

Francisco J. García-Peñalvo, Patrica Ordónez de Pablos, Juan García and Roberto Therón

Behaviour and Information Technology, 2014, vol. 33, issue 5, 426-442

Abstract: Knowledge representation (KR) can be defined as a set of ontological commitments, provided with the capabilities of performing inference. The knowledge can be represented using an ontology, which provides a shared insight into a certain domain. The use of ontologies to represent knowledge also allows interoperation among knowledge-based systems. The process of building ontologies can be tedious and sometimes exhaustive. A possible solution in order to avoid this problem would be to reuse the ontologies previously created by others. This paper describes a case study of reusability using OWL-VisMod, a tool designed for developing ontological engineering based on visual conceptual modelling for OWL ontologies. A workflow performed with OWL-VisMod is described; including a decision-making process in order to decide whether or not it could be desirable to reuse an ontology, according to the requirements of a certain project.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/0144929X.2012.709538

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