Ontology double articulation
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The notion of Ontology Double Articulation refers to a methodological principle in ontology engineering
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The idea is that an ontology should be built as separate domain axiomatizations and application axiomatization(s). In other words an application axiomatization should be built in terms of (i.e. commits to) a domain axiomatization. While a domain axiomatization focuses on the characterization of the intended meaning (i.e. intended models) of a vocabulary at the domain level, application axiomatizations mainly focus on the usability of this vocabulary according to certain application/usability perspectives. An application axiomatization is intended to specify the legal models (a subset of the intended models) of the application(s) interest. For simplicity, one can imagine WordNet
as a domain axiomatization, and ORM
schema (or an OWL
ontology) as an application axiomatization, where all terms/object-types in the schema are linked with terms/synsets in WordNet. The idea here is to enable: reusability of domain knowledge and usability of application knowledge, interoperability of applications. See (Jarrar 2005, Jarrar 2006, Jarrar and Meersman 2007).
The CContology is an ebusiness ontology, that was built according to this Ontology Double Articulation principle. DogmaModeler
is a modeling tool that was also supports this principle.
Ontology engineering
Ontology engineering in computer science and information science is a new field, which studies the methods and methodologies for building ontologies: formal representations of a set of concepts within a domain and the relationships between those concepts....
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The idea is that an ontology should be built as separate domain axiomatizations and application axiomatization(s). In other words an application axiomatization should be built in terms of (i.e. commits to) a domain axiomatization. While a domain axiomatization focuses on the characterization of the intended meaning (i.e. intended models) of a vocabulary at the domain level, application axiomatizations mainly focus on the usability of this vocabulary according to certain application/usability perspectives. An application axiomatization is intended to specify the legal models (a subset of the intended models) of the application(s) interest. For simplicity, one can imagine WordNet
WordNet
WordNet is a lexical database for the English language. It groups English words into sets of synonyms called synsets, provides short, general definitions, and records the various semantic relations between these synonym sets...
as a domain axiomatization, and ORM
Object role modeling
Object Role Modeling is a method for conceptual modeling, and can be used as a tool for information and rules analysis, ontological analysis, and data modeling in the field of software engineering.- Overview :...
schema (or an OWL
Web Ontology Language
The Web Ontology Language is a family of knowledge representation languages for authoring ontologies.The languages are characterised by formal semantics and RDF/XML-based serializations for the Semantic Web...
ontology) as an application axiomatization, where all terms/object-types in the schema are linked with terms/synsets in WordNet. The idea here is to enable: reusability of domain knowledge and usability of application knowledge, interoperability of applications. See (Jarrar 2005, Jarrar 2006, Jarrar and Meersman 2007).
The CContology is an ebusiness ontology, that was built according to this Ontology Double Articulation principle. DogmaModeler
DogmaModeler
DogmaModeler is a free and open source, ontology modeling tool based on ORM. The philosophy of DogmaModeler is to enable non-IT experts to model ontologies with a little or no involvement of an ontology engineer. This challenge is tackled in DogmaModeler through well-defined methodological...
is a modeling tool that was also supports this principle.