Semiotic Evaluation of Product Ontologies

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Author(s): Joerg Leukel (University of Hohenheim, Germany)and Vijayan Sugumaran (Oakland University, USA & Sogang University, Seoul, Korea)
Copyright: 2013
Pages: 16
Source title: Supply Chain Management: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools, and Applications
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Information Resources Management Association (USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-2625-6.ch089

Keywords: Accounting and Finance / Business & Management / Business Science Reference / Supply Chain Management

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Abstract

Product-related information can be integrated with the help of a product ontology, which can provide consensual definitions of concepts and inter-relationships relevant in a product domain of interest. A product ontology is either given by a third party or results from ontology engineering. In both cases, the problem is how to assess its quality, and then select the “right” ontology. This chapter: (1) proposes a metrics suite for product ontology evaluation based on semiotic theory, and (2) demonstrates the feasibility and usefulness of the metrics suite using a supply chain model. The contribution of this research is the comprehensive metrics suite that takes into account the various quality dimensions of product ontology.

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