title: An ontological approach to manage and harmonize document types.
abstract: Working interoperability when consuming resources of different document types requires a harmonized understanding of their structures and contents. But sometimes, a specification has not made the underlying model explicit which would enable a coherent understanding. This paper analyses the commonly used structures of different document types and proposes an ontological structure resulting in the so-called Document Type Ontology (DTO). This solution is based on the Generic Component Model (GCM) as an architectural framework and the Communication Standards Ontology (CSO) and Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) presented earlier.
authors.affiliation: Agfa Healthcare, Bonn, Germany. frank@oemig.de
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Oemig
authors.forename: Bernd
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Blobel
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D009323:Natural Language Processing; D010363:Pattern Recognition, Automated / Q000379:methods*; D012660:Semantics; D009626:Terminology as Topic; D018875:Vocabulary, Controlled