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Ontology Design Patterns

In: Handbook on Ontologies

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  • Aldo Gangemi

    (Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technology (ISTC-CNR))

  • Valentina Presutti

    (Institute for Cognitive Sciences and Technology (ISTC-CNR))

Abstract

Summary Computational ontologies in the context of information systems are artifacts that encode a description of some world, for some purpose. Under the assumption that there exist classes of problems that can be solved by applying common solutions (as it has been experienced in software engineering), we envision small, task-oriented ontologies with explicit documentation of design rationales. In this chapter, we describe components called Ontology Design Patterns (OP), and methods that support pattern-based ontology design. We present a typology of OPs, and then focus on Content Ontology Design Patterns in terms of their background, definition, communication means, related work beyond ontology engineering, exemplification, creation, and usage principles. At the time of chapter’s final version, recently performed experiments of patternbased ontology design show remarkable quality improvement within some sample ontology design projects, specially in terms of compliance to tasks expressed as competency questions or scenarios.

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  • Aldo Gangemi & Valentina Presutti, 2009. "Ontology Design Patterns," International Handbooks on Information Systems, in: Steffen Staab & Rudi Studer (ed.), Handbook on Ontologies, pages 221-243, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ihichp:978-3-540-92673-3_10
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92673-3_10
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    1. Birger Lantow & Kurt Sandkuhl, 2015. "An Analysis of Applicability using Quality Metrics for Ontologies on Ontology Design Patterns," Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 22(1), pages 81-99, January.

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