Alumni Member
Fouad Zablith (Alumni) 
Research Student
My PhD research was in the Semantic Web field, focusing on Ontology Evolution starting from domain data. The aim was to decrease user involvement during the process of ontology evolution, through the reuse of various sources of background knowledge. I was also working on modeling and publishing linked data within http://data.open.ac.uk
Keys: Semantic Web, Linked Data, Ontology Evolution, Background Knowledge, Knowledge Reuse, Knowledge Acquisition, Networked Ontologies
News
Publications
Zablith, F. (2011). Harvesting online ontologies for ontology evolution. [Thesis] https://oro.open.ac.uk/54231/.
Zablith, F., Antoniou, G., d'Aquin, M., Flouris, G., Kondylakis, H. and Motta, E. (2015). Ontology evolution: a process-centric survey. The Knowledge Engineering Review, 30(1), pp. 45–75. https://oro.open.ac.uk/39267/.
Zablith, F., Fernandez, M. and Rowe, M. (2015). Production and consumption of university Linked Data. Interactive Learning Environments, 23(1), pp. 55–78. https://oro.open.ac.uk/36243/.
Zablith, F., Fernandez, M. and Rowe, M. (2012). The OU Linked Open Data: production and consumption. In: García-Castro, Raúl; Fensel, Dieter and Antoniou, Grigoris eds. The Semantic Web: ESWC 2011 Workshops: ESWC 2011 Workshops, Heraklion, Greece, May 29-30, 2011, Revised Selected Papers. Lecture Notes in Computer Science (7117). Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer-Verlag, pp. 35–49. https://oro.open.ac.uk/34440/.
Motta, E., Mulholland, P., Peroni, S., d'Aquin, M., Gomez-Perez, J.M., Mendez, V. and Zablith, F. (2011). A novel approach to visualizing and navigating ontologies. In: The 10th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2011), 23-27 Oct 2011, Bonn, Germany. https://oro.open.ac.uk/29913/.
Zablith, F., d'Aquin, M., Brown, S. and Green-Hughes, L. (2011). Consuming Linked Data within a Large Educational Organization. In: Second International Workshop on Consuming Linked Data (COLD) at 10th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2011), 23-27 Oct 2011, Bonn, Germany. https://oro.open.ac.uk/29582/.
Zablith, F., Fernandez, M. and Rowe, M. (2011). The OU Linked Open Data: production and consumption. In: Linked Learning 2011: 1st International Workshop on eLearning Approaches for the Linked Data Age, 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC2011), 29 May 2011, Heraklion, Greece. https://oro.open.ac.uk/28847/.
d'Aquin, M., Zablith, F. and Motta, E. (2011). wayOU - linked data-based social location tracking in a large, distributed organisation. In: 8th Extended Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2011), 29 May - 2 Jun 2011, Heraklion, Greece. https://oro.open.ac.uk/28570/.
Zablith, F., Sabou, M., d'Aquin, M. and Motta, E. (2008). Using background knowledge for ontology evolution. In: International Workshop on Ontology Dynamics (IWOD) at The 7th International Semantic Web Conference (ISWC 2008), 26-30 Oct 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany. https://oro.open.ac.uk/23489/.
d'Aquin, M., Sabou, M., Motta, E., Angeletou, S., Gridinoc, L., Lopez, V. and Zablith, F. (2008). What can be done with the Semantic Web? An overview of Watson-based applications. In: The Fifth Workshop on Semantic Web Applications and Perspectives, 15-17 Dec 2008, Rome, Italy. https://oro.open.ac.uk/23522/.
Zablith, F., d'Aquin, M., Sabou, M. and Motta, E. (2009). Investigating the use of background knowledge for assessing the relevance of statements to an ontology in ontology evolution. In: 3rd International Workshop on Ontology Dynamics, (IWOD 2009) at ISWC-2009, 26 Oct 2009, Washington, DC, USA. https://oro.open.ac.uk/23441/.
Zablith, F. (2009). Evolva: a comprehensive approach to ontology evolution. In: 6th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2009), 31 May - 4 Jun 2009, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. https://oro.open.ac.uk/23525/.
Zablith, F., Sabou, M., d'Aquin, M. and Motta, E. (2009). Ontology evolution with Evolva. In: 6th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC 2009), 31 May - 4 Jun, Heraklion, Crete, Greece. https://oro.open.ac.uk/23478/.
Zablith, F. (2008). Dynamic ontology evolution. In: ISWC 2008 Doctoral consortium, 25 Oct 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany. https://oro.open.ac.uk/23527/.
Zablith, F., d'Aquin, M., Sabou, M. and Motta, E. (2010). Using ontological contexts to assess the relevance of statements in ontology evolution. In: EKAW 2010 - Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management by the Masses, 11-15 Oct 2010, Lisbon, Portugal. https://oro.open.ac.uk/23433/.
Tech Reports
Evolva: Towards Automatic Ontology Evolution
Techreport ID: kmi-08-04
Date: 2008
Author(s): Fouad Zablith









