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On Using Conceptual Modeling for Ontologies

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Are database concepts and techniques suitable for ontology design and management? The question has been on the floor for some time already. It gets a new emphasis today, thanks to the focus on ontologies and ontology services due to the spread of web services as a new paradigm for information management. This paper analyzes some of the arguments that are relevant to the debate, in particular the question whether conceptual data models would adequately support the design and use of ontologies. It concludes suggesting a hybrid approach, combining databases and logic-based services.

This work is supported, in the framework of the EPFL Center for Global Computing, by the Swiss National Funding Agency OFES as part of the European projects KnowledgeWeb (FP6-507482) and DIP (FP6-507483). It is also supported by the MICS NCCR funded by FNRS in Switzerland, under grant number 5005-67322.

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  1. EPFL, Database Laboratory, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    S. Spaccapietra & C. Vangenot

  2. HEC-INFORGE, University of Lausanne, 1015, Lausanne, Switzerland

    C. Parent

  3. LE2I Laboratory, University of Burgundy, 21000, Dijon, France

    N. Cullot

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  1. Cisco Systems, Inc., 95134, San Jose, CA, USA

    Christoph Bussler

  2. Division of Business & Economics, Dankook University, Seoul, Korea

    Suk-ki Hong

  3. Dept. of Computer Education, Seoul National University of Education, Seoul, Korea

    Woochun Jun

  4. School of Engineering and Advanced Technology, Massey University, New Zealand

    Roland Kaschek

  5. Department of Information Systems, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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  6. Caulfield School of Information Technology, Monash University, VIC 3145, Caulfield East, Australia

    Shonali Krishnaswamy

  7. Department of Computer Science and Computer Engineering, La Trobe University, Australia

    Seng Wai Loke

  8. Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, Germany

    Daniel Oberle

  9. Computing Department, Division of Information and Communication Sciences, Macquarie University, 2109, Sydney, NSW, Australia

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  10. Dept. of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 61801, Urbana, IL, USA

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  12. Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Christian-Albrechts-University of Kiel, Olshausenstr. 40, 24098, Kiel, Germany

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Spaccapietra, S., Parent, C., Vangenot, C., Cullot, N. (2004). On Using Conceptual Modeling for Ontologies. In: Bussler, C., et al. Web Information Systems – WISE 2004 Workshops. WISE 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3307. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30481-4_3

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