A framework of an ontology server for enhancing interlocking institutional worlds' integrity. (2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Ibrahim, Abdelrahman Abbas; Colomb, Robert M.; Ahmed, Abdelgaffar Hamid
• Is Part Of: International journal of metadata, semantics and ontologies. Volume 10:Number 4(2015)
• Page Start: 219
• Page End: 228
• Publication Date: 2015
• Subjects: perdurant ontology -- information systems interoperability -- interlocking institutional worlds -- ontology servers -- semantics -- web ontology language -- ODM profile -- halal food ontology -- OWL-S -- halal food supply chains; Metadata -- Periodicals; Semantic Web -- Periodicals; Ontologies (Information retrieval) -- Periodicals; Data structures (Computer science) -- Periodicals; Information theory -- Periodicals; 005.74
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1744-2621

Abstract

Interlocking institutional worlds (IWs) are a collection of organisations interacting together in order to achieve some business goals. IWs need to interoperate semantically to exchange information. Ontologies are widely used to overcome the problem of interoperability and assist in simplifying interoperability between IWs' participants. Ontologies contain perdurant entities (entities that happen in time) as well as endurants (entities that exist in time). Ontology servers are information systems intended to manage ontologies. In this paper, we provide a specification of an ontology server to serve as a mechanism for binding IWs' information systems together in a specific domain and support them with agreed semantics to enhance their integrity.