Application and research on ontology in e-Government workflow model

e-Government, in which the workflow technology occupies the essential position, plays a leading role in the information construction of Chinese governmental affairs. However, the workflow system which is widely used currently mainly relies on workflow parameters and the process of how the workflow can be practiced. The paper puts forward and constructs an e-Government model on the basis of ontology, sets up workflow ontology meta-model and document ontology meta-model and departments ontology meta-model of governmental affairs, achieves workflow engine on the basis of ontology knowledge framework. At last, the paper gives partial formalized description with OWL, and provides beneficial approaches to the effective combination of workflow technology and semantic web technology.