%0 Journal Article %1 UPON08 %A Nicola, Antonio De %A Missikoff, Michele %A Navigli, Roberto %D 2008 %J Information Systems %K ontologyengineering softwareengineering %N 2 %P 258 - 275 %R 10.1016/j.is.2008.07.002 %T A software engineering approach to ontology building %U http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306437908000628 %V 34 %X Ontologies are the backbone of the Semantic Web, a semantic-aware version of the World Wide Web. The availability of large-scale high quality domain ontologies depends on effective and usable methodologies aimed at supporting the crucial process of ontology building. Ontology building exhibits a structural and logical complexity that is comparable to the production of software artefacts. This paper proposes an ontology building methodology that capitalizes the large experience drawn from a widely used standard in software engineering: the Unified Software Development Process or Unified Process (UP). In particular, we propose UP for ONtology (UPON) building, a methodology for ontology building derived from the UP. UPON is presented with the support of a practical example in the eBusiness domain. A comparative evaluation with other methodologies and the results of its adoption in the context of the Athena EU Integrated Project are also discussed.

@article{UPON08, abstract = {Ontologies are the backbone of the Semantic Web, a semantic-aware version of the World Wide Web. The availability of large-scale high quality domain ontologies depends on effective and usable methodologies aimed at supporting the crucial process of ontology building. Ontology building exhibits a structural and logical complexity that is comparable to the production of software artefacts. This paper proposes an ontology building methodology that capitalizes the large experience drawn from a widely used standard in software engineering: the Unified Software Development Process or Unified Process (UP). In particular, we propose UP for ONtology (UPON) building, a methodology for ontology building derived from the UP. UPON is presented with the support of a practical example in the eBusiness domain. A comparative evaluation with other methodologies and the results of its adoption in the context of the Athena EU Integrated Project are also discussed.}, added-at = {2013-01-22T23:01:15.000+0100}, author = {Nicola, Antonio De and Missikoff, Michele and Navigli, Roberto}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/25cb1ed20061d2b8a5584793d22ecb377/jimbob}, description = {ScienceDirect - Information Systems : A software engineering approach to ontology building}, doi = {10.1016/j.is.2008.07.002}, interhash = {97c5f6fbcacd7b0bf26fa55e088024ff}, intrahash = {5cb1ed20061d2b8a5584793d22ecb377}, issn = {0306-4379}, journal = {Information Systems}, keywords = {ontologyengineering softwareengineering}, number = 2, pages = {258 - 275}, timestamp = {2013-01-22T23:01:15.000+0100}, title = {A software engineering approach to ontology building}, url = {http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0306437908000628}, volume = 34, year = 2008 }