This document provides an outline for a tutorial on ontology engineering and lexical semantics. The tutorial aims to teach participants how to build ontologies, tackle challenges in ontology engineering, and develop multilingual ontologies. It will include sessions on population ontologies, bank customer ontologies, legal person ontologies, ontology tools, and using existing linguistic ontologies like WordNets. Participants will learn about the Palestinian eGovernment interoperability framework called Zinnar and how to use ontologies in web services. The goal is to help participants gain knowledge and skills in ontology engineering, multilingual knowledge representation, and applying ontologies in eGovernment systems.

1. ‫أكاديمية الحكومة اإللكترونية الفلسطينية‬
The Palestinian eGovernment Academy
www.egovacademy.ps
Tutorial 4: Ontology Engineering & Lexical Semantics
Outline and Motivation
Prof. Mustafa Jarrar
Sina Institute, University of Birzeit
mjarrar@birzeit.edu
www.jarrar.info
Reviewed by
Prof. Christophe Roche, University of Savoy, France
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2. About
This tutorial is part of the PalGov project, funded by the TEMPUS IV program of the
Commission of the European Communities, grant agreement 511159-TEMPUS-1-
2010-1-PS-TEMPUS-JPHES. The project website: www.egovacademy.ps
Project Consortium:
Birzeit University, Palestine
University of Trento, Italy
(Coordinator )
Palestine Polytechnic University, Palestine Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium
Palestine Technical University, Palestine
Université de Savoie, France
Ministry of Telecom and IT, Palestine
University of Namur, Belgium
Ministry of Interior, Palestine
TrueTrust, UK
Ministry of Local Government, Palestine
Coordinator:
Dr. Mustafa Jarrar
Birzeit University, P.O.Box 14- Birzeit, Palestine
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4. Tutorial Outlines and ILOs
Ontology Engineering & Lexical Semantics
Prerequisites: Tutorial-1, Tutorial-2, Tutorial-3
Intended Learning Objectives
A: Knowledge and Understanding
General Skills (eGov Engineer) 4a1: Demonstrate knowledge of what is an ontology,
how it is built, and what it is used for.
4a2: Demonstrate knowledge of ontology engineering
Service Integration: Ability to integration services using and evaluation.
(de/)centralized manners 4a3: Describe the difference between an ontology and a
schema, and an ontology and a dictionary.
Integration: Ability to integration and fuse data using 4a4: Explain the concept of language ontologies, lexical
(de/)centralized manners semantics and multilingualism.
B: Intellectual Skills
4b1: Develop quality ontologies.
Ontology: Build and engineer ontologies with good quality.
4b2: Tackle ontology engineering challenges.
4b3: Develop multilingual ontologies.
Lexical: Engineer multilingual knowledge and its lexical semantics 4b4: Formulate quality glosses.
C: Professional and Practical Skills
4c1: Use ontology tools.
Entity: Resolve and manage entity identities. 4c2: (Re)use existing Language ontologies.
D: General and Transferable Skills
Database: Describe database schemes at the conceptual level. d1: Working with team.
d2: Presenting and defending ideas.
d3: Use of creativity and innovation in problem solving.
Database: Build data dictionaries and describe data semantics.
d4: Develop communication skills and logical reasoning
abilities.
Process Modeling: Identify, model, and re-engineer business
processes.
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5. Tutorial Outlines and ILOs
Ontology Engineering & Lexical Semantics
Prerequisites: Tutorial-1, Tutorial-2, Session 11-12 depends on (Session 5-9 in Tutorial 3)
Topic Time
Session 1_1: The Need for Sharing Semantics 1.5
Session 1_2: What is an ontology 1.5
Intended Learning Objectives
A: Knowledge and Understanding Session 2: Lab- Build a Population Ontology 3
4a1: Demonstrate knowledge of what is an ontology, Session 3: Lab- Build a BankCustomer Ontology 3
how it is built, and what it is used for. Session 4: Lab- Build a BankCustomer Ontology 3
4a2: Demonstrate knowledge of ontology engineering
and evaluation. Session 5: Lab- Ontology Tools 3
4a3: Describe the difference between an ontology and a Session 6_1: Ontology Engineering Challenges 1.5
schema, and an ontology and a dictionary.
Session 6_2: Ontology Double Articulation 1.5
4a4: Explain the concept of language ontologies, lexical
semantics and multilingualism. Session 7: Lab - Build a Legal-Person Ontology 3
B: Intellectual Skills Session 8_1: Ontology Modeling Challenges 1.5
4b1: Develop quality ontologies.
Session 8_2: Stepwise Methodologies 1.5
4b2: Tackle ontology engineering challenges.
4b3: Develop multilingual ontologies. Session 9: Lab - Build a Legal-Person Ontology 3
4b4: Formulate quality glosses. Session 10: Zinnar – The Palestinian eGovernment 3
C: Professional and Practical Skills Interoperability Framework
4c1: Use ontology tools. Session 11: Lab- Using Zinnar in web services 3
4c2: (Re)use existing Language ontologies.
Session 12_1: Lexical Semantics and Multilingually 1.5
D: General and Transferable Skills
d1: Working with team. Session 12_2: WordNets 1.5
d2: Presenting and defending ideas. Session 13: ArabicOntology 3
d3: Use of creativity and innovation in problem solving.
Session 14: Lab-Using Linguistic Ontologies 3
d4: Develop communication skills and logical reasoning
abilities. Session 15: Lab-Using Linguistic Ontologies 3
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6. Zinnar – The Palestinian Interoperability Framework
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7. Zinnar – The Palestinian Interoperability Framework
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8. Zinnar – Palestinian Government Ontology
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9. Zinnar – Palestinian Government Ontology
Legal-Person Module
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