Change and Version Management in Variability Models for Modular Ontologies

Melanie Langermeier, Thomas Driessen, Heiner Oberkampf, Peter Rosina, Bernhard Bauer

2014

Abstract

Modular ontology management tries to overcome the disadvantages of large ontologies regarding reuse and performance. A possibility for the formalization of the various combinations are variability models, which originate from the software product line domain. Similar to that domain, knowledge models can then be individualized for a specific application through selection and exclusion of modules. However, the ontology repository as well as the requirements of the domain are not stable over time. A process is needed, that enables knowledge engineers and domain experts to adapt the principles of version and change management to the domain of modular ontology management. In this paper, we define the existing change scenarios and provide support for keeping the repository, the variability model and also the configurations consistent using Semantic Web technologies. The approach is presented with a use case from the enterprise architecture domain as running example.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Langermeier M., Driessen T., Oberkampf H., Rosina P. and Bauer B. (2014). Change and Version Management in Variability Models for Modular Ontologies . In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS, ISBN 978-989-758-028-4, pages 383-390. DOI: 10.5220/0004953603830390

in Bibtex Style

@conference{iceis14,
author={Melanie Langermeier and Thomas Driessen and Heiner Oberkampf and Peter Rosina and Bernhard Bauer},
title={Change and Version Management in Variability Models for Modular Ontologies},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,},
year={2014},
pages={383-390},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004953603830390},
isbn={978-989-758-028-4},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems - Volume 2: ICEIS,
TI - Change and Version Management in Variability Models for Modular Ontologies
SN - 978-989-758-028-4
AU - Langermeier M.
AU - Driessen T.
AU - Oberkampf H.
AU - Rosina P.
AU - Bauer B.
PY - 2014
SP - 383
EP - 390
DO - 10.5220/0004953603830390