Change: Ontology Design

created on March 13, 2013, 8:21 a.m. by Hevok & updated on March 13, 2013, 8:48 a.m. by Hevok

Ontology Developement is an interative Process, which means step by step one refines and extends the Ontology. Of course, sometimes one has to go back. So it is an iterative Process that repeats continously and improves the Ontology by doing this.

There is not an only single way to develop an Ontology, in fact there are different ways for modeling an Ontology. In practice it is always the designated Application that decides about which modelling Approach to choose, i.e. which cycle to repeat and how to go back in this development Process.

There must also be place for the Formulation of complex Axioms including Property Constrains but one also needs to make Rules or other type of Constrains concerning the Classes that they should obey, then one should consider to include the definition of Axioms that are needed for the Knowledge Base and the Ontology and Knowledge one wants to represent.

On the other hand the whole process has to fit for large scale industrial Ontology Engineering, including version Control strict Evalution and Quality Assurance in a professional Engineering Process.

Thus Ontology Development is an interative Proess where one goes back if one has forgotten to refine soemthing and one continously to improve the Ontology.

There is not one correct way to model a Domain and there are always viable alternatives.

• in practice an iterative process that repeats continuosly and improves the Ontology
• there are always different Approaches for modeling an Ontology

• in practice the designated Application decides about the modeling Approach

• Attention:

• Futher refinement should include the Formulation of Axioms
• Should be well suited for large scale industrial Ontology Engineering
  • Version Control, Evaluation, Quality Assurance, etc.

"There is no one correct way to model a domain. There are always viable Alternatives."

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