Ontology Development for Intelligent Information Logistics in Transportation
Hasan Koç, Birger Lantow, Kurt Sandkuhl · Business Informatics Research · 2014
Technological innovations in the area of wireless sensor networks, which allow for features like spontaneous networking and self-organization, are enablers for new kinds of IT services in many application domains. In order to fully exploit the potential of these technologies various industries show examples for innovations on the level of service management as well as with respect to the underlying business models. Based on a case study from transportation, this paper shows how ontologies can be used as the basis for new types of IT services. The focus during ontology development in this context is on creating an adaptable knowledge base for different kinds of services and to prepare for selforganization of the overall solution. The contributions of this paper are (a) an ontology for the field of information logistics services in transportation, (b) experiences from the development process based on a real-world scenario and, (c) potentials and limits of the ontology to accommodate features required for self-organization.