Ontology – the benefits trail Matthew West
Why bother with Ontology? 2 Reduced Risk Identify Business Opportunities Responsive to change Increased effectiveness Reduced Cost Information Decisions Enterprise supports drive Ontologies support provide Provide semantics reasoning
Ontology supporting information Information Quality Consistency Accessibility/ Security Clarity Relevance Cost/Benefit Accuracy Timeliness/ Completeness Provenance Definition Values Enterprise Data Model Reference Data Automated Processes Data Quality Standards Interface Operations Integration Architecture Physical Data Models Enterprise Data Model 3