About
The WOP workshop series covers issues related to quality in ontology design and
ontology design patterns (ODPs) for data and knowledge engineering in Semantic Web. The increased attention to ODPs
in recent years through their interaction with emerging trends of Semantic Web such as knowledge graphs can be
attributed to their benefit for knowledge engineers and Semantic Web developers. Such benefits come in the form of a
direct link to requirements, reuse, guidance, and better communication. The workshop’s aim is thus not just: 1)
providing an arena for discussing patterns, pattern-based ontologies, systems, datasets, but also 2) broadening the
pattern community by developing its own "discourse" for discussing and describing relevant problems and their
solutions.
Call for Papers and Patterns
We invite the submission of original research results related to the focus areas of
the workshop in one of three categories:
- Research papers (maximum 12 pages CEUR style) presenting mature work and established results.
- Short papers (maximum 6 pages CEUR style) presenting proposed research directions, novel ideas, or more general
positions or discussions.
- Ontology Design Patterns (described in paper format, 5-12 pages CEUR style) should solve a particular modeling
problem of relevance either to the broader ontology engineering community or to some specific knowledge domain in
a novel and reusable manner. These must additionally be submitted through the ODP community portal. Note that
accepted pattern submissions are presented through a poster session (see below).
Topics of Interest
We particularly welcome contributions on topics concerning the development of
high-quality ontologies in general (with or without the help of ODPs), as well as studies and applications of ODPs
for knowledge graph construction and maintenance. In addition, as usual, we also welcome pattern descriptions of all
sorts, including patterns geared towards applications in specific domains such as geosciences, life sciences,
sustainability, digital humanities, or e-commerce. The main topics of interest are as follows.
- Use of ontology design patterns for any kind of knowledge engineering, including
- Pattern-based ontology design, conceptual modeling or knowledge engineering broadly
- Pattern Use in knowledge graphs or linked data settings (including pattern-driven linking or data
publishing)
- Pattern-based information extraction, ontology learning, and relation to NLP
- Pattern use in streaming, ingesting or evolving knowledge
- Use of patterns for ontology evaluation, quality assurance, ontology selection, integration or alignment
- Pattern-based development of semantic applications
- Reasoning with patterns (including automated reasoning, verification, or contextual reasoning)
- Methods and tools for developing high-quality ontologies (with or without the help of patterns), including
- Ontology engineering by domain experts
- Quality attributes or metrics in ontologies and ontology engineering
- Quality assurance approaches for ontology engineering
- Development or analysis of ontology design patterns, including
- Pattern extraction
- Analyses of ontology design patterns or their uses
- Antipatterns and their relation to ODPs
- Development and use of patterns in specific domains, including
- Data lakes, business intelligence, or Big Data integration
- Geosciences, life sciences, engineering, digital humanities, cultural preservation
- IoT, smart homes & cities, smart agriculture
- Semantic technology, including social networks, semantic wikis and blogs
- Modularity in Knowledge graphs and patterns, including
- Theoretical and cognitive aspects of modularity
- Modularity in knowledge engineering, knowledge graphs, ontologies, and linked data
- Extraction, versioning and evolution with modules
- Representing knowledge in context
Submission Instructions
Submissions should be made via the [WOP 2024 OpenReviews submission
page](https://openreview.net/group?id=swsa.semanticweb.org/ISWC/2024/Workshop/WOP). Detailed instructions can be found
at the submission page. Note that design pattern
submissions also need to be submitted to the ontologydesignpatterns.org community portal, as described on that page.
Posters
Accepted pattern submissions will be expected to present a poster describing the
pattern at the workshop poster session. Accepted research or short papers may also be presented in this manner if
the authors would like to, but posters are not mandatory for such submissions.
Important Dates
- Papers submissions: July 31, 2024
- Papers notifications: August 28, 2024
- Camera-ready submissions: September 4, 2024
- Workshop will be held on: November 11, 2024
Program
| 9:00 - 9:30 |
Introduction |
| 9:30 - 9:45 |
IndiLegalOnt: An Ontology for the Indian Legal System (slides) |
Apurv Dube, Joseph Pokkatt, Raghava Mutharaju, Vikram Goyal |
| 9:45 - 10:00 |
One Pattern to Express Them All? Towards Generalised Patterns for Ontology Design in the Digital Humanities (slides) |
Sarah Rebecca Ondraszek, Bruno Sartini, Marieke van Erp, Andrea Poltronieri, Pasquale Lisena, Harald Sack |
| 10:00 - 10:15 |
Phased Evaluation of Ontologies with Domain and Ontology Experts (slides) |
Alex Randles, Declan O'Sullivan |
| 10:15 - 10:30 |
Towards Computable and Explainable Policies Using Semantic Web Standards (slides) |
Henrique Santos, Jamie McCusker, John S. Erickson, Alice M. Mulvehill, Oshani Seneviratne, Deborah McGuinness |
| 10:40 - 11:00 |
Coffee Break |
| 11:00 - 12:10 |
Keynote |
| 12:10 - 12:25 |
Kind of X and X of Interest: An Ontology Design Pattern to Reconcile Web of Thing Ontologies (slides) |
Maxime Lefrançois, Catherine Roussey, Fatma-Zohra Hannou, Victor Charpenay, Antoine Zimmermann |
| 12:25 - 12:40 |
Ontology Design Metapattern for RelationType Role Compositions (slides) |
Utkarshani Jaimini, Ruwan Wickramarachchi, Cory Henson, Amit P. Sheth |
| 12:40 - x |
End / Lunch |
Proceedings
Proceedings will be published via CEUR.
WOP Organization
WOP Chairs
- Eva Blomqvist, Department of Computer and
Information Science, Linköping University, Sweden (General co-chair)
- Cogan Shimizu, Department of Computer Science
and Engineering, Wright State University, Ohio (General co-chair)
- Anna Sofia Lippolis,
Department of Philosophy
and Communication, University of Bologna, Italy and CNR-ISTC (patterns co-chair)
- Loris Bozzato,
Department of Theoretical
and Applied sciences, University of Insubria, Varese, Italy (patterns co-chair)
- Martin G.
Skjæveland, Department of Informatics,
University of Oslo, Norway (Papers Co-chair)
- Andrea Giovanni
Nuzzolese, CNR-Institute of Cognitive Sciences
and Technologies, Rome, Italy (Papers Co-chair)
- Elham Ghiasi, Wright State University,
Ohio (Proceedings Chair)
- Anmol Saini, Wright State University,
Ohio (Web Chair)
Steering Committee
The WOP Steering committee - [the Board of the Association of Ontology Design and
Patterns](http://ontologydesignpatterns.org/wiki/ODPA) - consists of:
Managing Committee
Other Board Members
- Luigi Asprino, University of Bologna (elected 2020-2022)
- Gary Berg-Cross, Ontolog Forum (elected 2020-2022)
- Eva Blomqvist, Linköping University (elected 2016-2018, chair - elected 2017-2020, elected 2020-2022)
- Aldo Gangemi, ISTC-CNR (elected 2016-2018, re-elected 2018-2020, re-elected 2020-2022)
- Fiorela Ciroku, University of Bologna (elected 2020-2022)
- Pascal Hitzler, Kansas State University (vice chair - elected 2017-2020, elected 2020-2022)
- Adila Krisnadhi, Universitas Indonesia (elected 2017-2020, re-elected 2020-2022)
- Valentina Presutti, University of Bologna (vice chair - elected 2016-2018, vice chair - re-elected 2018-2020,
elected 2020-2022)
- Jim Salmons, Citizen Scientist at FactMiners.org and The Softalk Apple Project (elected 2018-2020, re-elected
2020-2022)
PC members
- María Poveda, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Spain
- Adila A. Krisnadhi, University of Indonesia, Indonesia
- Christian Kindermann, Stanford University, USA
- Hande Küçük McGinty, Kansas State University, USA
- Valentina Anita Carriero, University of Bologna, Italy
- Stefano De Giorgis, National Research Council, Italy
- Giorgia Lodi, National Research Council, Italy
- Bruno Sartini, Ludwig-Maximilians University, Germany
- Miguel Ceriani, National Research Council, Italy
- Brandon Dave, Wright State University, USA
- Antrea Christou, Wright State University, USA