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dc.contributor.advisor | Lycett, M | - |
dc.contributor.advisor | Bell, D | - |
dc.contributor.author | Heravi, Bahareh Rahmanzadeh | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-22T13:46:21Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-22T13:46:21Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/6267 | - |
dc.description | This thesis was submitted for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy and awarded by Brunel University. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | Standards may be argued to be important enablers for achieving interoperability as they aim to provide unambiguous specifications for error-free exchange of documents and information. By implication, therefore, it is important to model and represent the concept of a standard in a clear, precise and unambiguous way. Although standards development organisations usually provide guidelines for the process of developing and approving standards, they are usually more concerned with administrative aspect of the process. As a consequence, the state-of-the-art lacks practical support for developing the structure and content of a standard specification. In short, there is no systematic development method currently available: (a) For developing the conceptual model underpinning a standard; and/or (b) to guide a group of stakeholders to develop a standard specification. Semantic interoperability is considered to be an essential factor for effective interoperation – the ability to achieve semantic interoperability effectively and efficiently being strongly equated with quality by some. Semantics require that the meaning of terms, their relationships and also the restrictions and rules in the standards should be clearly defined in the early stages of standard development and act as a basis for the latter stages. This research proposes that ontology can help standards developers and stakeholders to address the issues of improving conceptual models and providing a robust and shared understanding of the domain. This thesis presents OntoStanD, a comprehensive ontology-based standards development methodology, which utilises the best practices of the existing ontology creation methods. The potential value of OntoStanD is in providing a comprehensive, clear and unambiguous method for developing robust information standards, which are more test friendly and of higher quality. OntoStanD also facilitates standards conformance testing and change management, impacts interoperability and also assists in improved communication among the standards development team. Last, OntoStanD provides an approach that is repeatable, teachable and potentially general enough for creating any kinds of information standard. | en_US |
dc.description.sponsorship | Fujitsu Laboratories of Europe Ltd, Google Anitaborg Memorial Scholarship | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Brunel University, School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics | - |
dc.relation.ispartof | School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics | - |
dc.relation.uri | http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/bitstream/2438/6267/1/FulltextThesis.pdf | - |
dc.subject | Ontology based standards | en_US |
dc.subject | Semantic interoperability | en_US |
dc.subject | OntoStanD | en_US |
dc.subject | Standards development | en_US |
dc.title | Ontology-based information standards development | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
Appears in Collections: | Computer Science Dept of Computer Science Theses |
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