Iuriservice II: ontology development and architectural design

ABSTRACT

This paper shows the ontology development for the second version of the prototype Iuriservice II, an i-FAQ for judicial use containing a repository of professional judicial knowledge. We define the epistemological and ontological levels as separate issues. The domain and middle-out ontology will be connected to the SEKT top and upper level ontology PROTON. In the second part of the paper, we introduce a refinement of the architectural design, especially conceived to improve the user/system interaction by using searching, scoring and matching algorithms for a multidisciplinary ontological processing.

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INDEX TERMS

General Terms:
Algorithms, Design, Human Factors, Legal Aspects, Management

Keywords:
legal architectural design, legal ontologies, professional knowledge, semantic web