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OOPS ! and Competency Questions for Evaluating the Intelligent Business Process Management Ontology

Authors:
Sarra Mejri
Sonia Ayachi Ghannouchi

Keywords: ontology; Industry 4.0; Intelligent BPM; ontology evaluation; Competency Questions; OOPS!.

Abstract:
The Intelligent Business Process Management Ontology (IBPMO) models the most important concepts in the context of both Business Process Management (BPM) and Industry 4.0. It ensures the selection of the most suitable technologies 4.0 for Business Processes (BPs). Ontologies have great promise for improving BPM and realizing the Industry 4.0 vision. Ontology Development 101 is the method of ontology modeling. A framework would be helpful to allow the involved actors benefiting from the built ontology and using it for selecting appropriate technologies 4.0 to be integrated in BPs. In this paper, an evaluation framework is proposed to evaluate our IBPM ontology for which existing evaluation methods have been combined into a single framework, dividing the methods used into two phases: verification and validation. The verification of the ontology is concerned with validating whether an ontology was correctly built. It evaluates the structure, functionality and representation of the ontology. It specifically focuses on the validation activity using OntOlogy Pitfall Scanner! (OOPS !) tools. Different metrics and common pitfalls are used to detect errors. The OOPS! tool adopts specific metrics for detecting most anomalies found in the ontology and suggests improvements. Ontology validation is achieved by using Competency Questions (CQs) and expert interviews. This evaluation, which relied on a technology-based approach, using OOPS! tool, and a prototype development, proved the validity of our IBPMO ontology.

Pages: 41 to 50

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2023

Publication date: November 13, 2023

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4235

ISBN: 978-1-68558-098-8

Location: Valencia, Spain

Dates: from November 13, 2023 to November 17, 2023