An Aspect-Oriented Extension to the OWL API - Specifying and Composing Views of OWL Ontologies using Ontology Aspects and Java Annotations

Ralph Schäfermeier, Lidia Krus, Adrian Paschke

2015

Abstract

Aspect-Oriented Programming (AOP) is a technology for the decomposition of software systems based on cross-cutting concerns. As shown in our previous work, cross-cutting concerns are also present in ontologies, and Aspect-Oriented Ontology Development (AOOD) can be used for flexible and dynamic ontology modularization based on functional and non-functional requirements. When ontologies are used in applications, application and ontology-related requirements often coincide. In this paper, we show that aspects in ontologies can be expressed as software aspects and directly referred to from software code using the well-known AspectJ language and Java annotations. We present an extension of the well-known OWL API with aspect-oriented means that allow transparent access to and manipulation of ontology modules that are based on requirements.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Schäfermeier R., Krus L. and Paschke A. (2015). An Aspect-Oriented Extension to the OWL API - Specifying and Composing Views of OWL Ontologies using Ontology Aspects and Java Annotations . In Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2015) ISBN 978-989-758-158-8, pages 187-194. DOI: 10.5220/0005591601870194

in Bibtex Style

@conference{keod15,
author={Ralph Schäfermeier and Lidia Krus and Adrian Paschke},
title={An Aspect-Oriented Extension to the OWL API - Specifying and Composing Views of OWL Ontologies using Ontology Aspects and Java Annotations},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2015)},
year={2015},
pages={187-194},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005591601870194},
isbn={978-989-758-158-8},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 7th International Joint Conference on Knowledge Discovery, Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management - Volume 1: KEOD, (IC3K 2015)
TI - An Aspect-Oriented Extension to the OWL API - Specifying and Composing Views of OWL Ontologies using Ontology Aspects and Java Annotations
SN - 978-989-758-158-8
AU - Schäfermeier R.
AU - Krus L.
AU - Paschke A.
PY - 2015
SP - 187
EP - 194
DO - 10.5220/0005591601870194