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The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model - A New Standard for Knowledge Sharing
Doerr, M., Ore, C.-E. and Stead, S.
The tutorial first addresses requirements and semantic
problems to integrate digital information into large scale,
meaningful networks of knowledge that support not only
access to source documents but also use and reuse of
integrated information. The pros and cons of developing
global ontologies are discussed. It is argued that core
ontologies of relationships are fundamental to schema
integration and play a completely different role to that of
specialist terminologies in practical knowledge
management. The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model
(CRM) is presented as an example of such a global
model. It is a core ontology and new ISO standard (ISO
21127, accepted September 2006), originally designed for
the semantic integration of information from museums,
libraries, and archives. It is a product of re-engineering
the dominant underlying common concepts from
representative data structures. It is not prescriptive, but
provides a controlled language to describe common highlevel
semantics that allow for information integration at
the schema level. The tutorial addresses part of the
technology needed for information aggregation and
integration in the global information environment, namely
the question to which extent and in which form global
schema integration is feasible. The ability of the CRM to
support integration has been demonstrated in a large range
of different domains including cultural heritage, e-science
and biodiversity. Conceptual modeling by specializing
such a well-tested core ontology not only reduces
drastically development time and improves system
quality, but provides basic semantic interoperability more
or less for free. The tutorial will present characteristic
applications. |
Cite as: Doerr, M., Ore, C.-E. and Stead, S. (2007). The CIDOC Conceptual Reference Model - A New Standard for Knowledge Sharing. In Proc. Tutorials, posters, panels and industrial contributions at the 26th International Conference on Conceptual Modeling - ER 2007 Auckland, New Zealand. CRPIT, 83. Grundy, J., Hartmann, S., Laender, A. H. F., Maciaszek, L. and Roddick, J. F., Eds. ACS. 51-56. |
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