Bernabe, CKeet, MDawood, Zubeida CMahlaza, Z2024-07-122024-07-122023-07Bernabe, C., Keet, M., Dawood, Z.C. & Mahlaza, Z. 2023. A method to improve alignments between domain and foundational ontologies. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13713 .http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13713Foundational ontologies can be used to enable semantic interoperability in modern information systems. Aligning a domain ontology to a foundational ontology is perceived difficult, however. Reasons include confusing underlying concepts, understanding the philosophical ideologies of foundational ontologies, and lack of alignment guidance. For BFO, there is a BFO Classifier tool for alignment, but users still face challenges. To uncover some of these user challenges, an experiment was performed using 10 BFO-aligned domain ontologies. The alignment of domain entities were analysed, revealing seven different types of mistakes in the alignments. To avoid them, the BFO classifier tool was altered to improve the questions and explanations for the core principles of BFO. Thereafter, the BFO classifier tool was evaluated to measure the effect on alignment with a use-case based approach, using the GORO and AWO ontologies. The evaluation revealed that alterations facilitated alignment, as users felt more confident in their results given the improved understanding of the questions and possible answers.FulltextenBasic Formal OntologyBFODecision diagramFoundational ontologiesConference PresentationBernabe, C., Keet, M., Dawood, Z. C., & Mahlaza, Z. (2023). A method to improve alignments between domain and foundational ontologies. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13713Bernabe, C, M Keet, Zubeida C Dawood, and Z Mahlaza. "A method to improve alignments between domain and foundational ontologies." <i>Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2023), Sherbrooke, Canada, 18-20 July 2023</i> (2023): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13713Bernabe C, Keet M, Dawood ZC, Mahlaza Z, A method to improve alignments between domain and foundational ontologies; 2023. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13713 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Bernabe, C AU - Keet, M AU - Dawood, Zubeida C AU - Mahlaza, Z AB - Foundational ontologies can be used to enable semantic interoperability in modern information systems. Aligning a domain ontology to a foundational ontology is perceived difficult, however. Reasons include confusing underlying concepts, understanding the philosophical ideologies of foundational ontologies, and lack of alignment guidance. For BFO, there is a BFO Classifier tool for alignment, but users still face challenges. To uncover some of these user challenges, an experiment was performed using 10 BFO-aligned domain ontologies. The alignment of domain entities were analysed, revealing seven different types of mistakes in the alignments. To avoid them, the BFO classifier tool was altered to improve the questions and explanations for the core principles of BFO. Thereafter, the BFO classifier tool was evaluated to measure the effect on alignment with a use-case based approach, using the GORO and AWO ontologies. The evaluation revealed that alterations facilitated alignment, as users felt more confident in their results given the improved understanding of the questions and possible answers. DA - 2023-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR J1 - Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Formal Ontology in Information Systems (FOIS 2023), Sherbrooke, Canada, 18-20 July 2023 KW - Basic Formal Ontology KW - BFO KW - Decision diagram KW - Foundational ontologies LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2023 T1 - A method to improve alignments between domain and foundational ontologies TI - A method to improve alignments between domain and foundational ontologies UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/13713 ER -27443