Towards Pattern-based Knowledge about Ontological Resource Reuse

Abstract. Ontology reuse is still an unsolved matter on the Semantic Web. Even though ontology specification languages provide a means for knowledge reuse and ontology management technology has evolved, ontology reuse is seldom en-countered in applications. The more resources there are available, the more pos-sibilities there are for ontology reuse, and paradoxically the more difficult it is to perform ontology reuse. This thesis proposes the notion of Ontological Resource Reuse Patterns (ORRPs), which state pattern-based knowledge about ontological resources to encourage ontological knowledge comprehension and to enhance ontology selection. ORRPs provide useful knowledge to improve ontology reuse to some extent. Key words: ontology reuse, ontoloy patterns, ontology metadata, selection 1 Problem Statement During the last few years, the amount of available ontological resources has increased considerably and the effort undertaken by the community to build the so-called next generation Semantic Web tools and applications has led to relevant improvements i