DILIGENT: towards a fine-grained methodology for distributed, loosely-controlled and evolving Engineering of ontologies

Abstract

Ontology engineering processes in truly distributed settings like the Semantic Web or global peer-to-peer systems may not be adequately supported by conventional, centralized ontology engineering methodologies. In this paper, we present our work towards the DILIGENT methodology, which is intended to support domain experts in a distributed setting to engineer and evolve ontologies with the help of a fine-grained methodological approach based on Rhetorical Structure Theory, viz. the DILIGENT model of ontology engineering by argumentation.