Bridging the gap between data ontologies and process ontologies

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Bridging the gap between data ontologies and
process ontologies

• Dipl. Geogr. Christoph Rüther
• Institute for Geoinformatics, University of
  Münster
• Robert-Koch-Str. 26-28, D-48149 Münster, Germany
• ruether_at_ifgi.uni-muenster.de

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Overview
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Research problem

• Different information communities (IC) have
  different perceptions of the real world
• Data models represent concepts, which may, or may
  not, conform to the perceptions in the
  information communities.
• Objective to develop a mechanism to bind the
  perception of different ICs to the concepts
  represented in processes and in the database.

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Example Problem
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Research Question
What can a data provider do to support process
ontologies ?
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Approach
Develop functions which take objects from a
database and produce objects according to a
process ontology.
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Approach Example
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Conclusion

• Most current research is focused on ontologies
  at the data level.
• Our research concentrates on the gap between
  data model and process model.
• We attempt to build ontologies supporting the
  processes of using data (e.g. network analysis).