A Good Role Model for Ontologies: Collaborations

Abstract. Ontologies are today used to annotate web data with machine processable semantics and for domain modeling. As the use of ontologies increases and the ontologies themselves grow larger, the need to construct ontologies in a component-based manner is becoming more and more important. In objectoriented software development, the notions of roles and role modeling have been known for many years. We argue that role models constitute attractive ontological units--components. Role models, among other things, provide separation of concerns in ontological modeling. This paper introduces roles to ontologies and discusses relevant issues related to transferring these techniques to ontologies. Examples of role models enabling separation of concerns and reuse are provided and discussed.

• Type: Journal
• Year: 2010
• Where: IJEIS
• Authors: Michael Pradel, Jakob Henriksson, Uwe Aßmann
• Keywords: IJEIS 2010, Machine Processable Semantics, Ontologies, Role Models