Practical Ontologies for Information Professionals

• Main Author: Stuart, David (Author)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Chicago American Library Association 2016
• Subjects: Ontologies (Information retrieval); Information retrieval.; Knowledge representation (Information theory); Semantic networks (Information theory); Information organization
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"Today more data and information are being produced and shared than ever before; data is streaming forth from new online social behaviours as well as high-specification digital tools and instruments. If we are to extract the maximum value from this data then we need to make use of the most appr...

Table of Contents:

• 1. What is an Ontology? The data deluge and information overload
• Defining terms
• Knowledge organization systems and ontologies
• Ontologies, metadata and linked data
• What can an ontology do?
• Ontologies and information professionals
• Alternatives to ontologies
• 2. Ontologies and the Semantic Web. The semantic web and linked data
• Resource Description Framework (RDF)
• Classes, subclasses and properties
• The semantic web stack
• Embedded RDF
• Alternative semantic visions
• Libraries and the semantic web
• Other cultural heritage institutions and the semantic web
• Other organizations and the semantic web
• 3. Existing Ontologies. Ontology documentation
• Ontologies for representing ontologies
• Ontologies for libraries
• Upper ontologies
• Cultural heritage data models
• Ontologies for the web
• 4. Adopting Ontologies. Reusing ontologies : application profiles and data models
• Identifying ontologies
• The ideal ontology discovery tool
• Selection criteria
• 5. Building Ontologies. Approaches to building an ontology
• The twelve steps
• Ontology development example : Bibliometric Metrics Ontology element set
• 6. Interrogating Ontologies. Interrogating ontologies for reuse
• Interrogating a knowledge base
• Understanding ontology use
• 7. The Future of Ontologies and the Information Professional. The future of ontologies for knowledge discovery
• The future role of library and information professionals
• The practical development of ontologies.