EVENTO
The Humble Ontologist - Theoretical Foundations and Engineering Tools for Building Ontologies as Reference Conceptual Models
Tipo de evento: Seminário LNCC
In his ACM Turing Award Lecture entitled The Humble Programmer, E. W. Dijkstra discusses the sheer complexity one has to deal with when programming large computer systems. His article represented an open call for an acknowledgement of the complexity at hand and for the need of more sophisticated techniques to master this complexity. This talk advocates the view that we are now in an analogous situation with respect to conceptual modeling, in general, and ontology construction, in particular. We will experience an increasing demand for building reference ontologies in subject domains in reality, as well as employing them to address classes of problems, for which sophisticated ontological distinctions are demanded.One of these key problems is Semantic Interoperability. In this context, ontologies have been more and more recognized as one of the enabling technologies. This talk elaborates on the view that an approach which neglects the role of ontologies as reference conceptual models cannot meet the requirements for full semantic interoperability. The talk offers an engineering view on ontology engineering, discussing the relation between ontologies as conceptual models and ontologies as codification artifacts. Furthermore, it discusses the importance of foundational theories and principles to the design of ontology (conceptual) modeling languages and models, emphasizing the fundamental role played by true ontological notions in this process. Finally, it elaborates on the need for proper tools to handle the complexity of ontology engineering in industrial scenarios and complex domains. These tools include ontological design patterns as well as well-founded computational environments to support ontology creation, verification and validation (via model simulation).
Data Início: 12/08/2010 Hora: 10:00 Data Fim: Hora: 11:00
Local: LNCC - Laboratório Nacional de Computação Ciêntifica - Auditorio A
Comitê Organizador: Giancarlo Guizzardi - University of Twente (UT - Países Baixos) / Stockholm University (SU - Suécia) - - gguizzardi@gmail.com
Apoio Financeiro: CNPq
