An Evolutive Process to Convert Glossaries into Ontologies

Authors

  • José R. Hilera
  • Carmen Pagés
  • J. Javier Martínez
  • J. Antonio Gutiérrez
  • Luis de-Marcos

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v29i4.3130

Abstract

This paper describes a method to generate ontologies from glossaries of terms. The proposed method presupposes an evolutionary life cycle based on successive transformations of the original glossary that lead to products of intermediate knowledge representation (dictionary, taxonomy, and thesaurus). These products are characterized by an increase in semantic expressiveness in comparison to the product obtained in the previous transformation, with the ontology as the end product. Although this method has been applied to produce an ontology from the “IEEE Standard Glossary of Software Engineering Terminology,” it could be applied to any glossary of any knowledge domain to generate an ontology that may be used to index or search for information resources and documents stored in libraries or on the Semantic Web.

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Published

2010-12-01

How to Cite

Hilera, J. R., Pagés, C., Martínez, J. J., Gutiérrez, J. A., & de-Marcos, L. (2010). An Evolutive Process to Convert Glossaries into Ontologies. Information Technology and Libraries, 29(4), 195–204. https://doi.org/10.6017/ital.v29i4.3130

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