Ontology as a Mechanism for Application Integration and Knowledge Sharing in Collaborative Design: A Review

Author

Xie, Helen ; Shen, Weiming

Author_Institution

Inst. of Integrated Manuf. Technol., Nat. Res. Council of Canada, London, Ont.

fYear

2006

fDate

3-5 May 2006

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

In this paper, we draw attention to ontology as a mechanism for application integration and knowledge sharing in collaborative design. The paper provides a comprehensive literature review on this topic. It starts with its concepts, classification, and difference from other related technologies. Then the usage of ontology is discussed. Following the ontology life cycle, this paper compares several ontology authoring languages, ontology building methodologies and tools. It reviews some recent work on applying ontology to collaborative design. It concludes with a discussion on future R&D directions

Keywords

CAD; groupware; knowledge acquisition; ontologies (artificial intelligence); application integration; collaborative design; knowledge sharing; ontology authoring languages; ontology building methodologies; ontology tools; Application software; Collaborative work; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer science; Intelligent systems; International collaboration; Knowledge engineering; Knowledge representation; Ontologies; Vocabulary; Application Integration; Collaborative Design; Knowledge Sharing; Ontology;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Supported Cooperative Work in Design, 2006. CSCWD '06. 10th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Nanjing

Print_ISBN

1-4244-0164-X

Electronic_ISBN

1-4244-0165-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CSCWD.2006.253214

Filename

4019250