TY  - CONF
VL  - 1621
AV  - public
Y1  - 1999/05//
N1  - Ontology Engineering Group ? OEG
SN  - 3-540-66044-5
EP  - 18
UR  - https://oa.upm.es/6237/
ID  - upm6237
A1  - Gómez-Pérez, A.
A1  - Rojas-Amaya, MD.
KW  - oeg
N2  - This paper presents the concept of Ontological Reengineering as the process of retrieving and transforming a conceptual model of an existing and implemented ontology into a new, more correct and more complete conceptual model which is reimplemented. Three activities have been identified in this process: reverse engineering, restructuring and forward engineering. The aim of Reverse Engineering is to output a possible conceptual model on the basis of the code in which the ontology is implemented. The goal of Restructuring is to reorganize this initial conceptual model into a new conceptual model, which is built bearing in mind the use of the restructured ontology by the ontology/application that reuses it. Finally, the objective of Forward Engineering is output a new implementation of the ontology. The paper also discusses how the ontological reengineering process has been applied to the Standard-Units ontology [18], which is included in a Chemical-Elements [12] ontology. These two ontologies will be included in a Monatomic-Ions and Environmental-Pollutants ontologies.
T2  - Knowledge Acquisition, Modeling and Management (EKAW99)
TI  - Ontological Reengineering for Reuse
PB  - Springer-Verlag
ER  -