Publication
Semantic Interoperability in the BRITE Project: Ontologies as a Tool for Collaboration, Cooperation and Knowledge Management
Timo Herborn; Ansgar Mondorf; Babak Mougouie; Maria A. Wimmer
In: R. Meersman; Z. Tari (Hrsg.). On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems. OnTheMove Federated Conferences & Workshops (OTM-2008), located at OTM Confederated International Conferences, CoopIS, DOA, GADA, IS, and ODBASE, November 12-14, Monterrey, Mexico, Pages 475-473, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Vol. 5331, Springer, 2008.
Abstract
Ontologies have been investigated for a while and are be-
ing studied as an instrument to enable cross-organizational semantic
interoperability. The project BRITE (Business Register Interoperabil-
ity Throughout Europe) aims at exploring ontologies as an instrument
to effectively enable European Business Registers (BRs) to respond to
changes imposed on them by European Union laws and new market re-
quirements. In BRITE, ontologies are seen as a key instrument and tech-
nology to dissolve administrative, technical, cultural and lingual barriers
of BRs on one hand, and as means to provide semantic interoperabil-
ity on the other hand. The paper shows various ontology components
of BRITE. It defines the inter-relation among these components and fo-
cuses on the domain ontology functionalities. We conclude with a critical
reflection and valuable lessons learnt.