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A Framework for Ontology Evolution in Collaborative Environments

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With the wider use of ontologies in the Semantic Web and as part of production systems, multiple scenarios for ontology maintenance and evolution are emerging. For example, successive ontology versions can be posted on the (Semantic) Web, with users discovering the new versions serendipitously; ontology-development in a collaborative environment can be synchronous or asynchronous; managers of projects may exercise quality control, examining changes from previous baseline versions and accepting or rejecting them before a new baseline is published, and so on. In this paper, we present different scenarios for ontology maintenance and evolution that we have encountered in our own projects and in those of our collaborators. We define several features that categorize these scenarios. For each scenario, we discuss the high-level tasks that an editing environment must support. We then present a unified comprehensive set of tools to support different scenarios in a single framework, allowing users to switch between different modes easily.

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  1. Stanford University, Stanford, CA, 94305, USA

    Natalya F. Noy, Abhita Chugh, William Liu & Mark A. Musen

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Illinois at Chicago, 851 South Morgan Street (M/C 152), 60607, Chicago, IL, USA

    Isabel Cruz

  2. Digital Enterprise Research Institute, National University of Ireland, Galway, IDA Business Park, Lower Dangan, Galway, Ireland

    Stefan Decker

  3. TopQuadrant, 22314, VA, USA

    Dean Allemang

  4. HP Laboratories, Bristol, UK

    Chris Preist

  5. Departamento de Informática – Pontifícia, Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro,, (PUC Rio) – Caixa Postal 38.097, 22.453-900, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil

    Daniel Schwabe

  6. Yahoo! Research, Barcelona, Spain

    Peter Mika

  7. Boeing, Phantom Works, P.O. Box 3707, m/s 7L-40, 98124-2207, Seattle, WA, USA

    Mike Uschold

  8. Technische Universiteit Eindhoven, P.O. Box 513, NL 5600, Eindhoven, MB, The Netherlands

    Lora M. Aroyo

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Noy, N.F., Chugh, A., Liu, W., Musen, M.A. (2006). A Framework for Ontology Evolution in Collaborative Environments. In: Cruz, I.,et al. The Semantic Web - ISWC 2006. ISWC 2006. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4273. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11926078_39

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