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Ontology Engineering Methodology

verfasst von : York Sure, Steffen Staab, Rudi Studer

Erschienen in: Handbook on Ontologies

Verlag: Springer Berlin Heidelberg

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Summary

In this chapter we present a methodology for introducing and maintaining ontology based knowledge management applications into enterprises with a focus on Knowledge Processes and Knowledge Meta Processes. While the former process circles around the usage of ontologies, the latter process guides their initial set up.We illustrate our methodology by an example from a case study on skills management. The methodology serves as a scaffold for Part B “Ontology Engineering” of the handbook. It shows where more specific concerns of ontology engineering find their place and how they are related in the overall process.

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Fußnoten
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Thanks to Urs Gisler, Valentin Schoeb and Patrick Shann from Swiss Life for their efforts during the ontology modelling.
 
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OntoWeb, a European thematic network, see http://​www.​ontoweb.​org for further information.
 
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EU Integrated Project NeOn Lifecycle Support for Networked Ontologies, see www.​neon-project.​org for further information.
 
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Metadaten
Titel
Ontology Engineering Methodology
verfasst von
York Sure
Steffen Staab
Rudi Studer
Copyright-Jahr
2009
Verlag
Springer Berlin Heidelberg
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-92673-3_6