An ontology design pattern for referential qualities

Authors:
Jens Ortmann;Desiree Daniel
Affiliations:
Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, Germany;Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Muenster, Germany
Venue:
ISWC'11 Proceedings of the 10th international conference on The semantic web - Volume Part I
Year:
2011

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Abstract

Referential qualities are qualities of an entity taken with reference to another entity. For example the vulnerability of a coast to sea level rise. In contrast to most non-relational qualities which only depend on their host, referential qualities require a referent additional to their host, i.e. a quality Q of an entity X taken with reference to another entity R. These qualities occur frequently in ecological systems, which make concepts from these systems challenging to model in formal ontology. In this paper, we discuss exemplary resilience, vulnerability and affordance as qualities of an entity taken with reference to an external factor. We suggest an ontology design pattern for referential qualities. The design pattern is anchored in the foundational ontology DOLCE and evaluated using implementations for the notions affordance, resilience and vulnerability.