A Methodological Proposal Towards Domain Ontology Enrichment

Abstract

Since the current methods for domain ontology enrichment present some gaps, due to knowledge dynamicity, this investigation aims to develop a methodology for domain ontology enrichment that overcomes the existing methods’ gaps. To address the goal, four steps sustain the research methodology: 1) An exploratory study of Knowledge Organization Systems maintenance and updating; 2) Mapping and analysis of the methods for enriching ontologies, from the literature review; 3) Qualitative content analysis of documents selected in Phases 1 and 2; 4) Development of the methodology for domain ontology enrichment. The result is a novel methodology for domain ontology enrichment, called METHODOE.