Abstract
Ontologies are reusable artifacts within the Software Engineering filed that are a pillar of the Semantic Web. Created in a different context, they can be adapted and applied in another context. This paper endeavors to develop a knowledge base in the form of an ontology that formalizes all aspects to do with culture and thus contribute to the preservation and dissemination of cultural knowledge. Written in the context of a small African country (Botswana), the ontology is expected to be generic enough to be adaptable and reusable in the global context. Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, livelihoods, religion, traditional medicine, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. Culture is transmitted orally from father to son, mother to daughter or teacher to a student. However, this knowledge is gradually lost as many young people migrate to popular culture. The absence of tools and technologies that aide in the preservation and dissemination of cultural knowledge lead to the gradual loss of cultural valuable information that could be useful for tourism, and learning. Information currently representing elements that define culture is dispersed, heterogeneous, disjointed, in varying stages of formalization and digitization, and distributed in collections of different memory organizations at different locations. As a solution, this paper introduces ontologies to formulate an efficient way to preserve and represent cultural knowledge. The benefits of the cultural ontology include, reuse, sharing, and portability of knowledge across platforms. Overall, the cultural knowledge ontology leads to a better understanding of concepts in the cultural domain and to a more effective and efficient way of handling information about concepts in the cultural knowledge domain.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | Proceedings - 2015 IEEE 16th International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, IRI 2015 |
| Publisher | Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. |
| Pages | 526-533 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781467366564 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 19 2015 |
| Event | 16th IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, IRI 2015 - San Francisco, United States Duration: Aug 13 2015 → Aug 15 2015 |
Other
| Other | 16th IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, IRI 2015 |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| City | San Francisco |
| Period | 8/13/15 → 8/15/15 |
Fingerprint
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Information Systems
- Information Systems and Management
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
Cite this
}
Towards the Cultural Knowledge Ontology. / Phefo, Othusitse S.D.; Kefitiley, Naledi; Hlomani, Hlomani.
Proceedings - 2015 IEEE 16th International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, IRI 2015. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2015. p. 526-533 7301022.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution
TY - GEN
T1 - Towards the Cultural Knowledge Ontology
AU - Phefo, Othusitse S.D.
AU - Kefitiley, Naledi
AU - Hlomani, Hlomani
PY - 2015/10/19
Y1 - 2015/10/19
N2 - Ontologies are reusable artifacts within the Software Engineering filed that are a pillar of the Semantic Web. Created in a different context, they can be adapted and applied in another context. This paper endeavors to develop a knowledge base in the form of an ontology that formalizes all aspects to do with culture and thus contribute to the preservation and dissemination of cultural knowledge. Written in the context of a small African country (Botswana), the ontology is expected to be generic enough to be adaptable and reusable in the global context. Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, livelihoods, religion, traditional medicine, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. Culture is transmitted orally from father to son, mother to daughter or teacher to a student. However, this knowledge is gradually lost as many young people migrate to popular culture. The absence of tools and technologies that aide in the preservation and dissemination of cultural knowledge lead to the gradual loss of cultural valuable information that could be useful for tourism, and learning. Information currently representing elements that define culture is dispersed, heterogeneous, disjointed, in varying stages of formalization and digitization, and distributed in collections of different memory organizations at different locations. As a solution, this paper introduces ontologies to formulate an efficient way to preserve and represent cultural knowledge. The benefits of the cultural ontology include, reuse, sharing, and portability of knowledge across platforms. Overall, the cultural knowledge ontology leads to a better understanding of concepts in the cultural domain and to a more effective and efficient way of handling information about concepts in the cultural knowledge domain.
AB - Ontologies are reusable artifacts within the Software Engineering filed that are a pillar of the Semantic Web. Created in a different context, they can be adapted and applied in another context. This paper endeavors to develop a knowledge base in the form of an ontology that formalizes all aspects to do with culture and thus contribute to the preservation and dissemination of cultural knowledge. Written in the context of a small African country (Botswana), the ontology is expected to be generic enough to be adaptable and reusable in the global context. Culture is the characteristics and knowledge of a particular group of people, defined by everything from language, livelihoods, religion, traditional medicine, cuisine, social habits, music and arts. Culture is transmitted orally from father to son, mother to daughter or teacher to a student. However, this knowledge is gradually lost as many young people migrate to popular culture. The absence of tools and technologies that aide in the preservation and dissemination of cultural knowledge lead to the gradual loss of cultural valuable information that could be useful for tourism, and learning. Information currently representing elements that define culture is dispersed, heterogeneous, disjointed, in varying stages of formalization and digitization, and distributed in collections of different memory organizations at different locations. As a solution, this paper introduces ontologies to formulate an efficient way to preserve and represent cultural knowledge. The benefits of the cultural ontology include, reuse, sharing, and portability of knowledge across platforms. Overall, the cultural knowledge ontology leads to a better understanding of concepts in the cultural domain and to a more effective and efficient way of handling information about concepts in the cultural knowledge domain.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84959152731&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84959152731&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/IRI.2015.85
DO - 10.1109/IRI.2015.85
M3 - Conference contribution
SP - 526
EP - 533
BT - Proceedings - 2015 IEEE 16th International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration, IRI 2015
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ER -