How to keep a reference ontology relevant to the industry : A case study from the smart home
conference paper
The Smart Appliance REFerence ontology (SAREF) is a shared model of consensus developed in close interaction with the industry to enable semantic interoperability for smart appliances. Smart appliances are intelligent and networked devices that accomplish some household functions, such as cleaning or cooking. This paper focuses on specific aspects of SAREF’s development cycle, such as the design principles on which the ontology is based and the stakeholders’ requirements from which certain modelling decisions originated. Moreover, we discuss the work to be done in the immediate future for SAREF to evolve concerning its maintenance, versioning, extension and governance. Open questions include how to guarantee the correct usage of SAREF, how to systematically manage the growth of extensions and specializations of SAREF in a consistent network of ontologies, and who should be responsible for these activities. © Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2016.
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TNO Identifier
535463
ISSN
03029743
ISBN
9783319332444
Publisher
Springer Verlag
Source title
12th International Experiences and Directions Workshop on OWL, OWLED 2015, co-located with International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2015, 9 October 2015 through 10 October 2015
Editor(s)
Dragoni, M.
Gonçalves, R.
Tamma, V.
Ławrynowicz, A.
Gonçalves, R.
Tamma, V.
Ławrynowicz, A.
Pages
117-123
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