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Integrated Enterprise Modeling Ontology
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A modelagem empresarial é definida como uma representação da estrutura, atividades, processos, informações, pessoas, comportamento, objetivos e limitações de uma empresa, de empresas, governos ou outros [75]. Nos últimos ano este tipo de modelagem tem sido utilizado com sucesso e a demanda para a modelagem de empresa tem vindo a aumentar devido a oportunidade que dá para facilitar a comunicação entre pessoas num negócio, melhorando a empresa os seus processos de engenharia de sistemas e de criação de interoperabilidade entre sistemas empresariais. Além disso, permite às empresas obter uma visão abrangente dos seus negócios sob diferentes perspectivas. Os modelos empresariais podem ser representados através de ontologias. As ontologias são especificações explícitas de uma conceitualização compartilhada [1]. Além destas oportunidades, a sua utilização na prática ainda é limitada devido à falta de
representação formal destas ontologias. Uma ontologia formal é aquela que tem a capacidade de ser processada com ferramentas baseadas em computador. Neste trabalho é formalizada um ontologia empresarial integrada, manualmente num trabalho de mestrado prévio realizado por Ricardo Daniel Figueiredo Freire. O resultado de seu trabalho é especificado na forma de um glossário. O maior problema da sua obra é a necessidade de ser formalizada, a fim de poder ser processada por um computador. Para abordar esta questão, este trabalho apresenta o processo de formalização da dita ontologia, começando pela sua conversão na sua forma inicial glossário em mapas conceptuais e finalizando na sua especificação na linguagem Ontology Web Language (OWL) usando o editor de ontologias Protegé. A ontologia é então validada através de um conjunto seleccionada de perguntas.
Enterprise Modeling is defined as a representation of the structure, activities, processes, information, people, behavior, goals and constraints of a business, government or other enterprise [75]. In recent years this kind of modeling has been used successfully and the demand for enterprise modeling has been increasing due to the great opportunities it gives in facilitating communication between people in business, improving the enterprise system engineering processes and creating interoperability between enterprise systems. Furthermore, it allows enterprises to get a comprehensive vision of its business from different perspectives. Enterprise models can be represented with ontologies which is a “formal, explicit specifications of a shared conceptualization” [1]. Beside these opportunities that enterprise modeling‟s give, their use in practice is still limited. This is due to the lack of formal representation of these ontologies. A formal ontology is an ontology which has the ability to be process with computer-based tools. We have formalized an integrated enterprise ontology, which was merged manually by Ricardo Daniel Figueiredo Freire. The result of his work is specified in the form of a glossary. The major problem of his work is the need to be formalized in order to be processed by computer-based means. To address this issue, this work presents a process to formalize the integrated enterprise ontology of Freire, starting by converting its initial glossary form into conceptual maps and from there into the Ontology Web Language (OWL) using Protégé. The correctness of the ontology is validated with a set of competency questions.
Enterprise Modeling is defined as a representation of the structure, activities, processes, information, people, behavior, goals and constraints of a business, government or other enterprise [75]. In recent years this kind of modeling has been used successfully and the demand for enterprise modeling has been increasing due to the great opportunities it gives in facilitating communication between people in business, improving the enterprise system engineering processes and creating interoperability between enterprise systems. Furthermore, it allows enterprises to get a comprehensive vision of its business from different perspectives. Enterprise models can be represented with ontologies which is a “formal, explicit specifications of a shared conceptualization” [1]. Beside these opportunities that enterprise modeling‟s give, their use in practice is still limited. This is due to the lack of formal representation of these ontologies. A formal ontology is an ontology which has the ability to be process with computer-based tools. We have formalized an integrated enterprise ontology, which was merged manually by Ricardo Daniel Figueiredo Freire. The result of his work is specified in the form of a glossary. The major problem of his work is the need to be formalized in order to be processed by computer-based means. To address this issue, this work presents a process to formalize the integrated enterprise ontology of Freire, starting by converting its initial glossary form into conceptual maps and from there into the Ontology Web Language (OWL) using Protégé. The correctness of the ontology is validated with a set of competency questions.
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Dissertação de mestrado, Engenharia Informática, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade do Algarve, 2011
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Modelagem Corporativa Ontologia Modelo corporativo integrado OWL