Teaching/External/AOE

Lecture: Applied Ontology Engineering

University of Innsbruck, Winter Term 2011/2012, Lecture # 703766-0

Prof. Dr. Martin Hepp, mheppATcomputer.org
Note 1: The contents of the old page at http://www.heppnetz.de/teaching/aoe/ are now available here: http://www.heppnetz.de/teaching/aoe-old/

Note 2: The final unit on Wednesday, January 25, 2012 will be at 09:45-11:45 in room 3W04. 

Overview

Building consensual representations of a domain of discourse is a prerequisite for Semantic Systems. In this course, students will learn the fundamental techniques of Ontology Engineering and get hands-on experience by developing non-toy ontologies for various domains. 
Topics covered include

• Fundamentals of Ontologies
• Ontology Engineering Methodologies
• Ontology Formalisms and Languages: RDF-S, OWL, CycL, and others
• Ontology Design Patterns
• Hands-on exercises in the e-business, logistics, tourism, and other domains

Logistics

Schedule

Unit 1: Thursday, October 13, 2011, 14:00-19:00: 3W03

Unit 2: Thursday, November 24, 2011, 09:00-16:30: 3W03

Unit 3: Thursday, December 15, 2011,10:00-16:15: 3W04

Unit 4: Wednesday, January 25, 2012, 09:45-11:45: 3W04 

Grading

The grade will be determined based on

1. an ontology engineering assignment (75%)
2. a oral presentation (25%)

Participation in all units is mandatory for passing the course.

Materials

Mandatory Literature

• Mike Uschold, Michael Grüninger: Ontologies: Principles, Methods and Applications (1996), Knowledge Engineering Review, PDF available here (Google for the title if you encounter difficulties; there are plenty of copies on the Web)
• Hepp, Martin: Ontologies: State of the Art, Business Potential, and Grand Challenges1, in: Hepp, M.; De Leenheer, P.; de Moor, A.; Sure,Y. (Eds.): Ontology Management: Semantic Web, Semantic Web Services, and Business Applications, ISBN 978-0-387-69899-1, Springer, 2007, pp. 3-22.
• Hepp, Martin: GoodRelations: An Ontology for Describing Products and Services Offers on the Web2, Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management (EKAW2008), September 29 - October 3, 2008 (forthcoming), Acitrezza, Italy, Springer LNCS, Vol. 5268, pp. 332-347.
• Gómez-Pérez/Fernández-López/Corcho: Ontological Engineering, Springer 2004.
• Dean Allemang, James Hendler: Semantic Web for the Working Ontologist: Effective Modeling in RDFS and OWL, 2nd Edition (!), Morgan Kaufmann, 2011.

Unit 1

Part 1: From Knowledge Organization Systems to Ontologies 

• Slides as PDF (requires password)

Part 2: Introduction to Ontology Engineering

• Slides as PDF (requires password)

Unit 2

Part 1: What Makes for a Good Web Ontology?

• Slides as PDF (requires password)

Part 2: The Economics of Web Ontologies

• Slides as PDF (requires password)

Part 3: Assignment – Status Update

• Slides as PDF (requires password)

Unit 3

Student presentations: Final competency questions, final class hierarchy

Unit 4

Final student presentations

Assignment

Tasks

For the ontology topic assigned to you, complete the following tasks based on Uschold and King’s methodology

1. Identify purpose: Specify informal competency questions
2. Search for related ontologies and re-usable ontologies, i.e. define proper ontology scope
3. Capture domain using the Middle-out approach (in text)

Then, develop a final class hierarchy, e.g. as a UML Class Diagram or an ER Diagram, prepare a 4-slide presentationand submit it to the instructor no later than February 15, 2012, 23:59.

Participants and Topics

Alexander Röck: Ski Touring Route Information Ontology

Benjamin Thürauf: Bike Components Ontology

Josef Wolf: Smartphone Ontology

Christian Sillaber: Recipes Ontology

Matthias Pressnig: Bus Timetable Information Ontology

Elias Kärle:Climbing Route Information Ontology

Kathrin Widmann: Online Pharmacy Ontology

Benedikt Merk: Hotel Ontology

Benjamin Hiltpolt: Coupons Ontology

Additional Literature

• Hepp, Martin: Possible Ontologies: How Reality Constrains the Development of Relevant Ontologies, in: IEEE Internet Computing, Vol. 11, No. 1, pp. 90-96, Jan-Feb 2007 (invited). DOI: 10.1109/MIC.2007.20.