The use of ontologies for data and knowledge organization has become ubiquitous
in many data-intensive and knowledge-driven application areas, in science, industry,
and the humanities. At the same time, ontology engineering best practices continue
to evolve. In particular, modular ontology modeling based on ontology design
patterns is establishing itself as an approach for creating versatile and extendable
ontologies for data management and integration.
This book is the very first comprehensive treatment of Ontology Engineering with
Ontology Design Patterns. It contains both advanced and introductory material
accessible for readers with only a minimal background in ontology modeling. Some
introductory material is written in the style of tutorials, and specific chapters are
devoted to examples and to applications. Other chapters convey the state of the art
in research regarding ontology design patterns.
The editors and the contributing authors include the leading contributors to the
development of ontology-design-pattern-driven ontology engineering.
