IoT Ontology Development Process for Well-Being, Aging and Health: Challenges and Opportunities
Jun 20, 2023·,
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Hrvoje Belani
Petar Šolić
Toni Perković
Vladimir Pleština

Abstract
Ontology development processes are not trivial, given the inherently complex nature of knowledge capturing and management, as well as the need to provide structural and methodical approach on the process methodology itself in order for it to be adopted and usable. If aiming to develop an ontology for multidimensional concepts, such as well-being, aging and health, it is certain that knowledge from multiple domains have to be included, which only extends the time needed for ontology engineering. If such environments aim to be supported by the Internet of Things, than challenges rise even more. This paper provides a scoping analysis of existing well-known ontology development methodologies, with a note on the extent of their adoption and readiness to be used in a multi-domain circumstances. The approach to IoT ontology development process tailoring has been presented and elaborated, as well as the challenges specific to IoT ontology development for well-being, aging and health. Finally, research opportunities have been presented and future directions given on providing more comprehensive, more tailored and more usable ontology development methodologies.
Type
Publication
International Conference on Smart and Sustainable Technologies (SpliTech), 11, 1–6
Status
Peer-reviewed

Authors
Full Professor
I am a Full Professor in the
Department of Electronics and Computing
at the Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering and Naval
Architecture (FESB), University of Split,
Croatia, where I teach
wireless network security, wireless communication networks, data science and
reinforcement learning.
My research spans information security, applied cryptography and the Internet of
Things. Before returning to FESB in 2020, I was an assistant and then associate
professor at the University Department of Forensic Sciences
in Split. I co-founded the SpliTech international
conference and serve on the editorial board of the
Journal of Communications Software and Systems.