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Human-Centered Ontology Engineering in E-Government Environments

Authors:
Richard Siegl
Bernd Stadlhofer
Peter Salhofer

Keywords: SeGoF; ROCKET; ontology; engineering; ontology modelling; semantic MDA; e-government; domain modelling

Abstract:
Ontology engineering is a relatively new field in computer and information sciences. Its primary goal is to develop methodologies for modelling and building ontologies. These ontologies represent knowledge as a set of concepts within a specific domain. A common problem is, though, that it is almost impossible for domain experts to design and model their own ontology in the domain of E-Government without having the basic knowledge of computer science, especially in the field of ontology engineering. The goal of this paper is to describe, how the Rich Ontology Creation Kit for E-Government Transition (ROCKET), an ontology creation tool based on the Eclipse RCP framework, supports legal experts to bridge the gap between domain and technical specialists. To accomplish that goal, the web application SeGoF is described, which uses ontologies as an input for the automatic generation of E-Government forms based on semantic descriptions. Moreover, the methodology ``Ontology Driven E-Government'' is explained, as well as, the applied human-centered approach in ROCKET. As a result, the tool ROCKET allows domain experts to design and model ontologies in a convenient way by hiding the ontology language. It basically offers an easy-to-use graphical user interface, including wizards and editors like the axiom modeler to create the necessary elements to model an ontology.

Pages: 20 to 25

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2014

Publication date: March 23, 2014

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-3956

ISBN: 978-1-61208-324-7

Location: Barcelona, Spain

Dates: from March 23, 2014 to March 27, 2014