Change Management Patterns (CMP) for Ontology Evolution Process

Rim Djedidi (1) , Marie-Aude Aufaure (2)

1 E3S - Supélec Sciences des Systèmes
2 MAS - Mathématiques Appliquées aux Systèmes - EA 4037

Ontology evolution is an essential research area for the widespread use of ontologies in industrial and academic applications. In this paper, we present Change Management Patterns CMP defining three kinds of patterns: Change Patterns, Inconsistency Patterns and Alternative Patterns. CMP patterns are proposed to guide ontology evolution process by driving and controlling change application while maintaining consistency of the evolved ontology.

Keywords: OWL DL; Ontology Evolution; Change Management; Pattern Modeling; Inconsistency Resolution; OWL DL.

Domains: Computer Science [cs]; Web

Rim Djedidi, Marie-Aude Aufaure. Change Management Patterns (CMP) for Ontology Evolution Process. 3rd International Workshop on Ontology Dynamics, (IWOD 2009), collocated with the 8th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC-2009), Oct 2009, Washington DC, United States. pp. 16 à 29. ⟨hal-00437913⟩