Using a hybrid approach for the development of an ontology in the hydrographical domain
Fj. López-Pellicer, Luis M. Vilches‐Blázquez, Javier Nogueras-Iso, Óscar Corcho, Ma. Bernabé, Angela Rodríguez · Hispana · 2008
This work presents a hybrid approach for domain ontology development, which merges top-down and bottom-up techniques. In the top-down approach the concepts in the ontology are derived from an analysis and study of relevant information sources about the domain (e.g., hydrographic features). In the bottom-up approach the concepts in the ontology are the result of applying formal methods on a analysis of the data instances on the repositories (e.g., repositories containing hydrographical features).