Semantic artefacts are developed within research communities and represent a specific and restricted domain of discourse. Reuse of such ontologies by stakeholders outside of the community raises questions regarding the relations between the ontologies and scientific domains. When reusing ontologies, practitioners should strive to choose semantic artefacts with highest precision (e.g. existence of information cardinality and value), the most well defined documentation including information regarding cardinality and value type when applicable.
Whenever the semantic artefact is reused, it should be extended in granularity depending on use-case. This implies that the reuser should adhere to the same design principle.
Semantic artefacts are developed within research communities and represent a specific and restricted domain of discourse. Reuse of such ontologies by stakeholders outside of the community raises questions regarding the relations between the ontologies and scientific domains. When reusing ontologies, practitioners should strive to choose semantic artefacts with highest precision (e.g. existence of information cardinality and value), the most well defined documentation including information regarding cardinality and value type when applicable.
Whenever the semantic artefact is reused, it should be extended in granularity depending on use-case. This implies that the reuser should adhere to the same design principle.