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OntoCleaning the Okkam Conceptual Model

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On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2014 Workshops (OTM 2014)

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The way people define and use identifiers to refer to entities has been under (philosophical) investigation for a long time. This problem gained attention also in the context of the Semantic Web, where the Identity Crisis has threatened one of the cornerstones of the proposed vision: the unambiguous identification of Resources. In this paper we present the application of OntoClean as a formal methodology to formally validate the Okkam Conceptual Model that was proposed to address the problem of identity and reference. In performing such analysis, we unfold some of the philosophical problems affecting the representation of several types of real world entities, presenting a literature review and arguing in favor of some interpretation. This is done with the twofold purpose of contributing to the ongoing debate, and fostering the definition of a shared vision about the problem that will support further advancements in development of the Semantic Web vision. Furthermore, we argue in favor of the adoption of the Okkam IDs as globally persistent and rigid identifiers as a sound solution to the problem of the Identity and Reference in the context of the Semantic Web.

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  1. Okkam SRL, via Segantini 23, I-38121, Trento, Italy

    Stefano Bortoli & Paolo Bouquet

  2. University of Trento - DISI, via Sommarive, 14, I-38123, Povo di Trento, Italy

    Paolo Bouquet & Barbara Bazzanella

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    Robert Meersman

  2. CRAN, University of Lorraine, Campus Sciences, BP 70239, 54506, Vandoevre-les-Nancy, France

    Hervé Panetto

  3. Department of Software Engineering, Atilim Univeristy, Kızılcaşar Mh Mh, 06830, Ankara, Turkey

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  4. Facultad de Informática, Universidad de Murcia, Campus de Espinardo, 30100, Murcia, Spain

    Rafael Valencia-García

  5. Dep. of Informatics Engineering, University of Porto, Rua Dr. Roberto Frias, 4200-465, Porto, Portugal

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  6. SIGMA / LIG, Joseph Fourier University, 220 Rue de la Chimie, BP 53, 38041, Grenoble Cedex 9, France

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  7. Institute for Research on Population and Social, National Research Council, Policies, Via Palestro 32, 00185, Rome, Italy

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Bortoli, S., Bouquet, P., Bazzanella, B. (2014). OntoCleaning the Okkam Conceptual Model. In: Meersman, R., et al. On the Move to Meaningful Internet Systems: OTM 2014 Workshops. OTM 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8842. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-45550-0_62

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