Ontologies and controlled vocabularies: comparison of methodologies for construction

Abstract

This article presents an analytical study about methodology and methods to develop ontologies and controlled vocabularies, built through the analysis of the literature about methodologies for ontology engineering and international standards for the construction of software and controlled vocabularies. Through theoretical and empirical research it was possible to build a comparative overview that helps as a guideline for building ontologies using theories from computer and information science along with empirical research with well known methods and methodologies for building ontologies.

Ontologies; controlled vocabularies; ontology building; ontology engineering; thesauri