Title: Suite of Tools for Pattern-Based Transformation of OWL Ontologies.
Abstract: Motivation The high expressivity of OWL enables us to express the same conceptualization in different ways. A simple example is the difference between ‘class-centric’ and ‘property-centric’ modeling styles, such that the same notion is modeled as a class in the former (e.g. ‘Purchase’) and an object property in the latter (e.g. ‘bought from’). Similarly, concept subordination can be expressed via a subclass hierarchy or via individuals connected by a dedicated property (ontology simplification as in SKOS). Style heterogeneity contributes to conceptual heterogeneity on the Semantic Web and thus represent an obstacle to reusing ontologies in advanced semantic web scenarios. In particular, two ontologies modeled in different styles are difficult to match or to import to one another. Furthermore, opting for a style when designing an ontology may have impact on the usability and performance of reasoners, as some features cause performance problems for certain reasoners. Finally, ontology designers may need help with inspection and repair of entity naming in an ontology.
Publication Year: 2013
Publication Date: 2013-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
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