OntoDB: It Is Time to Embed Your Domain Ontology in Your Database

Abstract. This demonstration presents OntoDB, a prototype that allows to store explicitly in the database not only the data, but also the conceptual model defining the structure of data and the domain ontology representing the meaning of data. The demonstration illustrates three main functionalities of OntoDB: (1) a storage of a domain ontology and database content in the same repository, (2) the possibility of querying databases at ontology level, and (3) an automatic integration of heterogeneous data sources referencing/extending the same domain ontology.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2007
• Where: DASFAA
• Authors: Stéphane Jean, Dehainsala Hondjack, Dung Nguyen Xuan, Guy Pierra, Ladjel Bellatreche, Yamine Aït Ameur
• Keywords: DASFAA 2007, Database, Domain Ontology, Heterogeneous Data Sources, Ontology Level