Ontology engineering: a reality check

  • Authors:
  • Elena Paslaru Bontas Simperl;Christoph Tempich

  • Affiliations:
  • Free University of Berlin, Berlin, Germany;Institute AIFB, University of Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany

  • Venue:
  • ODBASE'06/OTM'06 Proceedings of the 2006 Confederated international conference on On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: CoopIS, DOA, GADA, and ODBASE - Volume Part I
  • Year:
  • 2006

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Abstract

The theoretical results achieved in the ontology engineering field in the last fifteen years are of incontestable value for the prospected large scale take-up of semantic technologies Their range of application in real-world projects is, however, so far comparatively limited, despite the growing number of ontologies online available This restricted impact was confirmed in a three month empirical study, in which we examined over 34 contemporary ontology development projects from a process- and costs-oriented perspective In this paper we give an account of the results of this study We conclude that ontology engineering research should strive for a unified, lightweight and component-based methodological framework, principally targeted at domain experts, in addition to consolidating the existing approaches.