WOIS 2015 - 3rd Workshop on Ontologies and Information Systems WOIS 2015

Ontologies specify knowledge about entities, and their relationship and interactions. In conjunction with evolving semantic technologies for ontology engineering, representation and query, new ways open up for ontologies and information systems (IS) integration, combination and use.
In the structural perspective, ontologies can provide means to structure, store and access generic IS content. In the temporal perspective, ontologies can guide the development of new IS. They may help to choose appropriate processes, algorithms, rules, and software components depending on the requirements.
For both perspectives, a couple of research questions arise. Starting with the question for methods to structure IS content by the use of ontologies - What entities should be captured how in which context? ? the range reaches to questions of knowledge discovery through ontology mining, and the use of ontologies for organisational design. And there are numerous other questions.
This workshop aims to bring together people who have strong interest in the use of ontologies in the context of enterprise information systems. We invite researchers and practitioners from both industry and academia to submit original results of their completed or on-going projects. We encourage broad understanding of possible approaches and solutions for the application of ontologies in information systems and systems development. Specific focus will be on practices and experiences, i.e. we encourage submission of case study and experiences papers, and of contributions bringing together business cases and enabling technologies.
Workshop topics
The following topics are of relevance for the workshop, but are not limited to:
Challenges in ontology use in information systems
Literature surveys and systematic literature analyses
IS concepts and architectures including ontologies or semantic technologies
Business ontologies
Application ontologies
Ontological foundations for conceptual modeling
Application of ontologies in Enterprise Modeling
Ontology Design Patterns
Knowledge Management
Economic effects and relevance (business cases)
Active information systems
Ontology engineering
Ontology based systems engineering
Ontology based system validation and verification
Knowledge fusion
Ontology based knowledge discovery
Experience reports about and show cases of ontology use
Best Practices of ontology use
Value modeling using ontologies
Ontology based interoperability and integration solutions
Ontology based competence modelling for human resource management systems