A UNIFYING FORMAL ONTOLOGY MODEL - A Simple Formal Model for Unifying the Presentation of Ontologies in Semantic Web Research

Stephan Grimm

2009

Abstract

We propose a simple formal ontology model for the uniform presentation of ontologies across different areas of SemanticWeb (SW) research. On the one hand, the models simplicity allows for abstracting from technical details in a selective way, while on the other hand it captures the essential characteristics of an ontology common to most ontology languages and formalisms. To demonstrate the compatibility of our model to existing SWresearch, we provide mappings to several languages and formalisations ranging from expressive language standards to light-weight semantical models. Moreover, we specify an extension of the UML metamodel for the graphical visualisation of ontologies, and we sketch a software architecture for the programmatic access to ontologies in terms of an API.

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Grimm S. (2009). A UNIFYING FORMAL ONTOLOGY MODEL - A Simple Formal Model for Unifying the Presentation of Ontologies in Semantic Web Research . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2009) ISBN 978-989-674-012-2, pages 327-335. DOI: 10.5220/0002331003270335


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@conference{keod09,
author={Stephan Grimm},
title={A UNIFYING FORMAL ONTOLOGY MODEL - A Simple Formal Model for Unifying the Presentation of Ontologies in Semantic Web Research},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2009)},
year={2009},
pages={327-335},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002331003270335},
isbn={978-989-674-012-2},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Ontology Development - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2009)
TI - A UNIFYING FORMAL ONTOLOGY MODEL - A Simple Formal Model for Unifying the Presentation of Ontologies in Semantic Web Research
SN - 978-989-674-012-2
AU - Grimm S.
PY - 2009
SP - 327
EP - 335
DO - 10.5220/0002331003270335