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Scaled Scrum Framework for Cooperative Domain Ontology Evolution

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Khaled ElBahnasyAuthors Info & Claims

ICFET '20: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Frontiers of Educational Technologies

Pages 135 - 143

https://doi.org/10.1145/3404709.3404770

Published: 13 July 2020 Publication History

Abstract

The field of research in ontology engineering appears to be mature, considering the vast number of contemporary methods and instruments for the formalization and application of knowledge representation models. However, the evolutionary aspects of ontologies are still little understood and supported. This is especially important in distributed and collaborative settings like the Semantic web, where ontologies naturally co-operate with their user communities. Various organizations and teams are building common ground in this context. Ontology is instrumental in this process through the formal description of shared knowledge. Such semanticity constitutes a sound basis for defining, sharing (business) objectives and interests and eventually developing useful collaborative services and systems. In this "complex" and dynamic environment, a collaborative model for process change requires more powerful methodologies for engineering, argumentation and negotiation. Software Engineering provides teamwork, team management, feedback management, versioning, merging, and evolving software artifacts with a wealth of techniques and tools. Many of these techniques can be used again in an ontology engineering environment. This paper examines how this problem can be resolved using Scrum and Nexus frameworks, which are among the most robust models for software development.

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Gomes MPereira RSilva Mde Vasconcelos JRocha Á(2022)KPI’s for Evaluation of DevOps TeamsInformation Systems and Technologies10.1007/978-3-031-04829-6_13(142-156)Online publication date: 11-May-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04829-6_13

Index Terms

Scaled Scrum Framework for Cooperative Domain Ontology Evolution
1. Computing methodologies
  1. Artificial intelligence
    1. Knowledge representation and reasoning
      1. Ontology engineering

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Pernisch RDell’Aglio DSerbak MGonçalves RBernstein A(2022)Visualising the effects of ontology changes and studying their understanding with ChImpWeb Semantics: Science, Services and Agents on the World Wide Web10.1016/j.websem.2022.10071574:COnline publication date: 1-Oct-2022
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.websem.2022.100715
Gomes MPereira RSilva Mde Vasconcelos JRocha Á(2022)KPI’s for Evaluation of DevOps TeamsInformation Systems and Technologies10.1007/978-3-031-04829-6_13(142-156)Online publication date: 11-May-2022
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-04829-6_13

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