PNNL

Abstract

We describe the modeling of concepts taken from social and behavioral science theories, specifically Social Movement Theory, with OWL ontologies. One goal of the study was to provide analysts with a way to understand the potential contribution of social movement research to their tasks without interrupting workflow. Another goal was to facilitate knowledge transfer at the point of need between busy analysts and the latest research. Instead of providing mechanisms for obtaining consensus on debated concepts, we used different namespaces for each author and record bibliographic information in another ontology. We also describe a framework for knowledge discovery supported by the ontologies.