Role Assertion Analysis: a proposed method for ontology refinement through assertion learning

  • Authors:
  • Adrien Coulet;Malika Smail-Tabbone;Amedeo Napoli;Marie-Dominique Devignes

  • Affiliations:
  • LORIA-UMR 7503, Nancy-University, CNRS, INRIA, F 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France;LORIA-UMR 7503, Nancy-University, CNRS, INRIA, F 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France;LORIA-UMR 7503, Nancy-University, CNRS, INRIA, F 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France;LORIA-UMR 7503, Nancy-University, CNRS, INRIA, F 54506 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 2008 conference on STAIRS 2008: Proceedings of the Fourth Starting AI Researchers' Symposium
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

We propose an approach for extending domain knowledge represented in DL ontology by using knowledge extraction methods on ontology assertions. Concept and role assertions are extracted from the ontology in the form of assertion graphs, which are used to generate a formal context manipulated by Formal Concept Analysis methods. The resulting expressions are then represented as DL concepts and roles that can be inserted into the initial ontology after validation by the analyst. We show, through a real-world example, how this approach has been successfully used for discovering new knowledge units in a pharmacogenomics ontology.