Introduction
  • Welcome to the course!
  • Course structure and outcomes
  • Checkpoint: Will this course meet my needs?
  • Summary
Background to ontology modelling
  • Ontology at a glance
  • Structure of an ontology
  • Ontology representation
  • Ontology from a logic-based perspective
  • Summary
  • Section 2
Anatomy of a machine-interpretable ontology
  • Overview
  • [Tutorial] Getting started
  • [Tutorial] Class hierarchy
  • [Tutorial] Property hierarchy
  • [Tutorial] Class descriptions
  • [Tutorial] Individuals
  • [Tutorial] Ontology visualization
  • Summary
Benefits of ontologies in Business Analysis
  • Case for ontologies in business analysis: Part 1
  • Case for ontologies in business analysis: Part 2
  • Ontologies and interoperability
  • MDA, MDI, SOA and ontologies
  • [Audio] Cost-benefit implications of ontology development
  • Example applications of ontologies
  • Summary
Ontology development and deployment
  • Ontology-based business processes and rules
  • Ontology-driven systems
  • Ontology-based system development
  • Ontology mapping
  • Ontology reuse
  • Summary
  • Section 5
Course wrap-up
  • Further discussions
  • Final words
  • Acknowledgements and more