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An Overview of OntoClean

In: Handbook on Ontologies

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  • Nicola Guarino

    (Via alla Cascata)

  • Christopher A. Welty

    (Skyline Dr., Hawthorne)

Abstract

Summary OntoClean is a methodology for validating the ontological adequacy and logical consistency of taxonomic relationships. It is based on highly general ontological notions drawn from philosophy, like essence, identity, and unity, which are used to elicit and characterize the intended meaning of properties, classes, and relations making up an ontology. These aspects are represented by formal metaproperties, which impose several constraints on the taxonomic relationships between concepts. The analysis of these constraints helps in evaluating and validating the choices made. In this chapter we present an informal overview of the philosophical notions involved and their role in OntoClean, review some common ontological pitfalls, and walk through the example that has appeared in pieces in previous papers and has been the basis of numerous tutorials and talks.

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  • Nicola Guarino & Christopher A. Welty, 2009. "An Overview of OntoClean," International Handbooks on Information Systems, in: Steffen Staab & Rudi Studer (ed.), Handbook on Ontologies, pages 201-220, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:ihichp:978-3-540-92673-3_9
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-92673-3_9
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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.
    2. Eeva Järvenpää & Niko Siltala & Otto Hylli & Minna Lanz, 2019. "The development of an ontology for describing the capabilities of manufacturing resources," Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer, vol. 30(2), pages 959-978, February.

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