Can Conceptual Domains be Ontologized (1)

The Research Questions (RQ) arising from today’s discussion are
A – Can conceptual domains be Ontologized?
We need to define what we mean by:
• Conceptual Domain (2)
• Ontologize
Need to answer the question, ‘Are there certain domain characteristics that help/hinder ontology development in that particular domain?’
• We can answer this by finding such characteristics and show them by building an ontology.
• Primary IC would be the domain characteristics, while further IC would be the IS ontology (artifact) as developed in response to RQ - B.

B – IS Security Ontology Development using Prototyping/Design Science (DS) approach:
Where there are no Yes/No issues and IC is clearly visible at an artifact (3)
Need to find DS arguments from literature and use them to defend the approach.

C – Ontology Acceptance (on lines of Technology Acceptance)• Why ontologies are not seen in many/every domain.
• Primarily used in Medicine/Gene – i.e. Applied domains
• Finding out reasons what ontologies are popular in certain domains …

Need to find out
1. what ontologies are out there?,
2. for which domains?
3. who has made them?
4. why did they make them?
5. are they being used?
6. how are they being used?


Ontologies’ domains
1. Life Scineces
2. BioMedical




Ontologies
GFO-Bio: A biological core ontology - Robert Hoehndorf,
OntoPneumo: An ontology of pneumology domain - Audrey Baneyx
BioPAX
The bio-zen plus ontology - Matthias Samwald
The RNA Ontology (RNAO): Robert Hoehndorf,

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(1) on•tol•o•gize
verb \än‧ˈtäləˌjīz\ : to convert into ontological entities or express ontologically - Merriam-Webster Unabridged Dictionary - http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ontologize

(2) A conceptual domain is "a coherent area of conceptualization relative to which semantic units may be characterized" (Foundations of Cognitive Grammar, 488). Langacker, R. W. (2002, ©1987). Foundations of cognitive grammar. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press..
For details go to Appendix - A

(3) “Ontologies are design artifacts, to which quality notions like appropriateness, coverage, efficiency, sustainability, and elegance apply. Classical approaches to assess the quality of ontologies mostly involve automatic metrics on the structure of ontologies, unit tests, or the manual assessment by domain experts, ontology experts or users, normally using formal, objective criteria” Mathieu D'Aquin (2009) in CFP Beautiful Ontologies, a special issue of Applied Ontology, http://lists.w3.org/Archives/Public/public-lod/2009May/0274.html