Ontology management and evolution for business intelligence

Authors: 
Mikroyannidis, A; Theodoulidis, B
Author: 
Mikroyannidis, A
Theodoulidis, B
Year: 
2010
Venue: 
Journal of Information Management
URL: 
http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0268401209001376
Citations: 
25
Citations range: 
10 - 49

The amount of heterogeneous data that is available to organizations nowadays has made information management a seriously complicated task, yet crucial since this data can be a valuable asset for business intelligence. Ontologies can act as a semantically rich knowledge base in systems that specialize in information management. The present work investigates the potential of ontologies in supporting the information lifecycle within a corporate environment for business intelligence. The paper demonstrates the use of Heraclitus II, a framework that employs ontology management and evolution in the context of information management systems. The capabilities of the framework in facilitating information management and business intelligence are evaluated through a real-life case study from the life sciences industry.