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Hans Weigand - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • CAiSE - Understanding the Blockchain Using Enterprise Ontology
    Advanced Information Systems Engineering, 2017
    Co-Authors: Joost De Kruijff, Hans Weigand
    Abstract:

    Blockchain technology is regarded as highly disruptive, but there is a lack of formalization and standardization of terminology. Not only because there are several (sometimes propriety) implementation platforms, but also because the academic literature so far is predominantly written from either a purely technical or an economic application perspective. The result of the confusion is an offspring of blockchain solutions, types, roadmaps and interpretations. For blockchain to be accepted as a technology standard in established industries, it is pivotal that ordinary internet users and business executives have a basic yet fundamental understanding of the workings and impact of blockchain. This conceptual paper provides a theoretical contribution and guidance on what blockchain actually is by taking an ontological approach. Enterprise Ontology is used to make a clear distinction between the datalogical, infological and essential level of blockchain transactions and smart contracts.

  • Understanding the Blockchain Using Enterprise Ontology
    Advanced Information Systems Engineering, 2017
    Co-Authors: Joost De Kruijff, Hans Weigand
    Abstract:

    Blockchain technology is regarded as highly disruptive, but there is a lack of formalization and standardization of terminology. Not only because there are several (sometimes propriety) implementation platforms, but also because the academic literature so far is predominantly written from either a purely technical or an economic application perspective. The result of the confusion is an offspring of blockchain solutions, types, roadmaps and interpretations. For blockchain to be accepted as a technology standard in established industries, it is pivotal that ordinary internet users and business executives have a basic yet fundamental understanding of the workings and impact of blockchain. This conceptual paper provides a theoretical contribution and guidance on what blockchain actually is by taking an ontological approach. Enterprise Ontology is used to make a clear distinction between the datalogical, infological and essential level of blockchain transactions and smart contracts.

  • Understanding the Blockchain Using Enterprise Ontology
    Advanced Information Systems Engineering, 2017
    Co-Authors: Joost De Kruijff, Hans Weigand
    Abstract:

    Blockchain technology is regarded as highly disruptive, but there is a lack of formalization and standardization of terminology. Not only because there are several (sometimes propriety) implementation platforms, but also because the academic literature so far is predominantly written from either a purely technical or an economic application perspective. The result of the confusion is an offspring of blockchain solutions, types, roadmaps and interpretations. For blockchain to be accepted as a technology standard in established industries, it is pivotal that ordinary internet users and business executives have a basic yet fundamental understanding of the workings and impact of blockchain. This conceptual paper provides a theoretical contribution and guidance on what blockchain actually is by taking an ontological approach. Enterprise Ontology is used to make a clear distinction between the datalogical, infological and essential level of blockchain transactions and smart contracts.

Joost De Kruijff - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • CAiSE - Understanding the Blockchain Using Enterprise Ontology
    Advanced Information Systems Engineering, 2017
    Co-Authors: Joost De Kruijff, Hans Weigand
    Abstract:

    Blockchain technology is regarded as highly disruptive, but there is a lack of formalization and standardization of terminology. Not only because there are several (sometimes propriety) implementation platforms, but also because the academic literature so far is predominantly written from either a purely technical or an economic application perspective. The result of the confusion is an offspring of blockchain solutions, types, roadmaps and interpretations. For blockchain to be accepted as a technology standard in established industries, it is pivotal that ordinary internet users and business executives have a basic yet fundamental understanding of the workings and impact of blockchain. This conceptual paper provides a theoretical contribution and guidance on what blockchain actually is by taking an ontological approach. Enterprise Ontology is used to make a clear distinction between the datalogical, infological and essential level of blockchain transactions and smart contracts.

  • Understanding the Blockchain Using Enterprise Ontology
    Advanced Information Systems Engineering, 2017
    Co-Authors: Joost De Kruijff, Hans Weigand
    Abstract:

    Blockchain technology is regarded as highly disruptive, but there is a lack of formalization and standardization of terminology. Not only because there are several (sometimes propriety) implementation platforms, but also because the academic literature so far is predominantly written from either a purely technical or an economic application perspective. The result of the confusion is an offspring of blockchain solutions, types, roadmaps and interpretations. For blockchain to be accepted as a technology standard in established industries, it is pivotal that ordinary internet users and business executives have a basic yet fundamental understanding of the workings and impact of blockchain. This conceptual paper provides a theoretical contribution and guidance on what blockchain actually is by taking an ontological approach. Enterprise Ontology is used to make a clear distinction between the datalogical, infological and essential level of blockchain transactions and smart contracts.

  • Understanding the Blockchain Using Enterprise Ontology
    Advanced Information Systems Engineering, 2017
    Co-Authors: Joost De Kruijff, Hans Weigand
    Abstract:

    Blockchain technology is regarded as highly disruptive, but there is a lack of formalization and standardization of terminology. Not only because there are several (sometimes propriety) implementation platforms, but also because the academic literature so far is predominantly written from either a purely technical or an economic application perspective. The result of the confusion is an offspring of blockchain solutions, types, roadmaps and interpretations. For blockchain to be accepted as a technology standard in established industries, it is pivotal that ordinary internet users and business executives have a basic yet fundamental understanding of the workings and impact of blockchain. This conceptual paper provides a theoretical contribution and guidance on what blockchain actually is by taking an ontological approach. Enterprise Ontology is used to make a clear distinction between the datalogical, infological and essential level of blockchain transactions and smart contracts.

Ricardo De Almeida Falbo - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • towards an Enterprise Ontology pattern language
    ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2014
    Co-Authors: Ricardo De Almeida Falbo, Fabiano Borges Ruy, Giancarlo Guizzardi, Monalessa Perini Barcellos, Joao Paulo A Almeida
    Abstract:

    Enterprise ontologies are useful for many purposes. Over the years, there have been a number of efforts aiming at building them. However, due to the complexity of the Enterprise domain, Enterprise ontologies tend to be complex and difficult to reuse. In this paper, we advocate in favor of organizing Core Enterprise Ontologies as Ontology Pattern Languages, since Ontology patterns are more and more recognized as an approach that favors Ontology reuse. Moreover, we present an initial version of the Enterprise Ontology Pattern Language (E-OPL), and show how it was used for building an Enterprise Ontology for a specific domain.

  • SAC - Towards an Enterprise Ontology pattern language
    Proceedings of the 29th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2014
    Co-Authors: Ricardo De Almeida Falbo, Fabiano Borges Ruy, Giancarlo Guizzardi, Monalessa Perini Barcellos, Joao Paulo A Almeida
    Abstract:

    Enterprise ontologies are useful for many purposes. Over the years, there have been a number of efforts aiming at building them. However, due to the complexity of the Enterprise domain, Enterprise ontologies tend to be complex and difficult to reuse. In this paper, we advocate in favor of organizing Core Enterprise Ontologies as Ontology Pattern Languages, since Ontology patterns are more and more recognized as an approach that favors Ontology reuse. Moreover, we present an initial version of the Enterprise Ontology Pattern Language (E-OPL), and show how it was used for building an Enterprise Ontology for a specific domain.

  • using a foundational Ontology for reengineering a software Enterprise Ontology
    International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, 2009
    Co-Authors: Monalessa Perini Barcellos, Ricardo De Almeida Falbo
    Abstract:

    The knowledge about software organizations is considerably relevant to software engineers. The use of a common vocabulary for representing the useful knowledge about software organizations involved in software projects is important for several reasons, such as to support knowledge reuse and to allow communication and interoperability between tools. Domain ontologies can be used to define a common vocabulary for sharing and reuse of knowledge about some domain. Foundational ontologies can be used for evaluating and re-designing domain ontologies, giving to these real-world semantics. This paper presents an evaluating of a Software Enterprise Ontology that was reengineered using the Unified Foundation Ontology (UFO) as basis.

  • ER Workshops - Using a Foundational Ontology for Reengineering a Software Enterprise Ontology
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2009
    Co-Authors: Monalessa Perini Barcellos, Ricardo De Almeida Falbo
    Abstract:

    The knowledge about software organizations is considerably relevant to software engineers. The use of a common vocabulary for representing the useful knowledge about software organizations involved in software projects is important for several reasons, such as to support knowledge reuse and to allow communication and interoperability between tools. Domain ontologies can be used to define a common vocabulary for sharing and reuse of knowledge about some domain. Foundational ontologies can be used for evaluating and re-designing domain ontologies, giving to these real-world semantics. This paper presents an evaluating of a Software Enterprise Ontology that was reengineered using the Unified Foundation Ontology (UFO) as basis.

Monalessa Perini Barcellos - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • towards an Enterprise Ontology pattern language
    ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2014
    Co-Authors: Ricardo De Almeida Falbo, Fabiano Borges Ruy, Giancarlo Guizzardi, Monalessa Perini Barcellos, Joao Paulo A Almeida
    Abstract:

    Enterprise ontologies are useful for many purposes. Over the years, there have been a number of efforts aiming at building them. However, due to the complexity of the Enterprise domain, Enterprise ontologies tend to be complex and difficult to reuse. In this paper, we advocate in favor of organizing Core Enterprise Ontologies as Ontology Pattern Languages, since Ontology patterns are more and more recognized as an approach that favors Ontology reuse. Moreover, we present an initial version of the Enterprise Ontology Pattern Language (E-OPL), and show how it was used for building an Enterprise Ontology for a specific domain.

  • SAC - Towards an Enterprise Ontology pattern language
    Proceedings of the 29th Annual ACM Symposium on Applied Computing, 2014
    Co-Authors: Ricardo De Almeida Falbo, Fabiano Borges Ruy, Giancarlo Guizzardi, Monalessa Perini Barcellos, Joao Paulo A Almeida
    Abstract:

    Enterprise ontologies are useful for many purposes. Over the years, there have been a number of efforts aiming at building them. However, due to the complexity of the Enterprise domain, Enterprise ontologies tend to be complex and difficult to reuse. In this paper, we advocate in favor of organizing Core Enterprise Ontologies as Ontology Pattern Languages, since Ontology patterns are more and more recognized as an approach that favors Ontology reuse. Moreover, we present an initial version of the Enterprise Ontology Pattern Language (E-OPL), and show how it was used for building an Enterprise Ontology for a specific domain.

  • using a foundational Ontology for reengineering a software Enterprise Ontology
    International Conference on Conceptual Modeling, 2009
    Co-Authors: Monalessa Perini Barcellos, Ricardo De Almeida Falbo
    Abstract:

    The knowledge about software organizations is considerably relevant to software engineers. The use of a common vocabulary for representing the useful knowledge about software organizations involved in software projects is important for several reasons, such as to support knowledge reuse and to allow communication and interoperability between tools. Domain ontologies can be used to define a common vocabulary for sharing and reuse of knowledge about some domain. Foundational ontologies can be used for evaluating and re-designing domain ontologies, giving to these real-world semantics. This paper presents an evaluating of a Software Enterprise Ontology that was reengineered using the Unified Foundation Ontology (UFO) as basis.

  • ER Workshops - Using a Foundational Ontology for Reengineering a Software Enterprise Ontology
    Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2009
    Co-Authors: Monalessa Perini Barcellos, Ricardo De Almeida Falbo
    Abstract:

    The knowledge about software organizations is considerably relevant to software engineers. The use of a common vocabulary for representing the useful knowledge about software organizations involved in software projects is important for several reasons, such as to support knowledge reuse and to allow communication and interoperability between tools. Domain ontologies can be used to define a common vocabulary for sharing and reuse of knowledge about some domain. Foundational ontologies can be used for evaluating and re-designing domain ontologies, giving to these real-world semantics. This paper presents an evaluating of a Software Enterprise Ontology that was reengineered using the Unified Foundation Ontology (UFO) as basis.

Jan L. G. Dietz - One of the best experts on this subject based on the ideXlab platform.

  • Introduction to Enterprise Ontology
    Enterprise Ontology, 2020
    Co-Authors: Jan L. G. Dietz, Hans B. F. Mulder
    Abstract:

    The notion of Enterprise Ontology as adopted in this book comprises both system Ontology (dynamics) and world Ontology (statics). By applying the notion, one acquires an understanding of the essence of an Enterprise that is comprehensive, coherent, consistent, and concise, thus allowing one to achieve intellectual manageability, which is one of the general goals of Enterprise Engineering. The philosophical background in which Enterprise Ontology is positioned, is characterised by being both constructivist and interpretive. In addition to the importance of the Enterprise Ontology for all participants in modern social and economic life, the urgency of adopting and spreading it is substantiated. The only prerequisite to achieve this is an open mind.

  • benefits of Enterprise Ontology in governing complex Enterprise transformations
    Enterprise Engineering Working Conference, 2012
    Co-Authors: Martin Op T Land, Jan L. G. Dietz
    Abstract:

    Enterprises increasingly execute complex transformations, such as mergers and splits, chain redesign, sharing and sourcing, and the rationalization of products, processes and applications. Its consequences are seldom sufficiently timely and completely discerned, while this is essential for governing such a transformation. Already in a small example we can see why Enterprise Ontology, as defined in DEMO (Design & Engineering Methodology for Organizations) delivers a clear and valuable instrument for transformation governance. Especially DEMO’s Construction Model, which is the most abstract ontological aspect model, combines high expressiveness with a high Return On Modeling Effort (ROME).

  • EEWC - Benefits of Enterprise Ontology in Governing Complex Enterprise Transformations
    Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing, 2012
    Co-Authors: Martin Op ’t Land, Jan L. G. Dietz
    Abstract:

    Enterprises increasingly execute complex transformations, such as mergers and splits, chain redesign, sharing and sourcing, and the rationalization of products, processes and applications. Its consequences are seldom sufficiently timely and completely discerned, while this is essential for governing such a transformation. Already in a small example we can see why Enterprise Ontology, as defined in DEMO (Design & Engineering Methodology for Organizations) delivers a clear and valuable instrument for transformation governance. Especially DEMO’s Construction Model, which is the most abstract ontological aspect model, combines high expressiveness with a high Return On Modeling Effort (ROME).

  • Enterprise Ontology based development of information systems
    Journal of Internet and Enterprise Management, 2011
    Co-Authors: Antonia Albani, Jan L. G. Dietz
    Abstract:

    For the development of Enterprise information systems, the utilisation of a suitable methodology is essential, providing necessary methods and techniques for modelling the business domain and for designing the supporting information systems. Several methodologies exist and are widely applied in practice nowadays, but most of them lack a theoretical foundation. In this paper, we demonstrate an information system development methodology based on the notions of Enterprise Ontology and business components, and explain it within the conceptual framework called the generic system development process. The methodology allows for reduction of complexity of domain models and for identification of stable business components.

  • Enterprise Ontology Based Service Definition
    2009
    Co-Authors: Antonia Albani, G.c. Hardjosumarto, Linda Terlouw, Jan L. G. Dietz
    Abstract:

    Economists and business scientists have been debating about the ‘service' notionfor more than two centuries [9]. Often, the definitions in business literature limitthe service notion to the delivery of immaterial goods. The adoptation of thenotion of ‘service' by computer scientists and IT practitioners has been morerecent. In both the business science field [19, 10, 14, 12] and the computer sciencefield [16, 15, 13, 17] a service is regarded as an interaction between a requestingparty (often called consumer or customer) and an offering party (often calledprovider or supplier). The offering party is able to produce a certain value thatis requested by the other party. But even with this common notion a precisedefinition and mutual understanding of the term service is missing. Let us havea look at the definition given by the Open Group [13]. It states that a serviceis a logical representation of a repeatable business activity that has a specifiedoutcome (e.g., check customer credit; provide weather data, consolidate drillingreports), is self-contained, may be composed of other services, and is a "black-box'to consumers of the service. This definition is as vague as the other definitionsand one could discuss every single statement of the definition. E.g., what is abusiness activity? The Open Group mentions "check customer credit' or "provideweather data' as business activities, but are these really business activities orare they only computational acts? What about a business activity concerningthe "manufacturing of a car'? Such a business activity has a completely differentgranularity as the ones mentioned in the definition. What is self-contained? If aservice is composed of other services is it still self-contained? What is preciselymeant by a black-box when a service is also defined to be an activity? Whatabout communication activities e.g., to call the service or to accept/reject therequested result?According to the -theory [4, 7], the theory that underlies the notion of EnterpriseOntology [4], the operation of organizations is all about communicationbetween and production by social actors. Is not the main concern of serviceorientationto support the operation of an organization and therefore also tosupport the communication between and production by social actors? Becausethe -theory describes the interaction between the requesting party and the offeringparty in a very formal way, it provides a perfect basis for formalizing thenotion of service.