FACTORS INFLUENCING THE DIFFUSION OF ONTOLOGIES IN ROAD ASSET MANAGEMENT- A PRELIMINARY CONCEPTUAL MODEL
Road Asset Management activities rely on the integration of information from heterogeneous applications to provide a high level of service to the communities. The interoperability between various information systems involved in Road Asset Management operations is highly dependent on the semantic interoperability between individual software applications. Even when the applications are able to interoperate at the technical level, very often difficulties arise with respect to the meaning of data, as common concepts are not usually shared between various information models employed by disparate Road Asset Management systems. Ontologies, as specific representations of a conceptualization for a particular domain of knowledge, are considered an important information technology tool for semantic interoperability between applications. In the Road Asset Management sector ontologies would assist the automated retrieval and exchange of information between heterogeneous asset management applications. Research investigating the adoption of ontologies in the Asset Management arena is scarce at this stage and this paper aims to add to this body of knowledge by investigating the adoption of ontologies in the Road Asset Management sector. This paper will present an overview of the factors considered to influence the adoption and diffusion of information innovations, as a base for future studies of the adoption of ontologies in Road Asset Management.
Road Asset Management Ontologies Adoption Implementation Diffusion of Innovations
Daniela L. Nastasie Andy Koronios Kamaljeet Sandhu
Cooperative Research Centre for Integrated Engineering Asset Management (CIEAM)- Systems Integration and IT,University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes SA 5095, Australia.
国际会议
北京
英文
1162-1176
2008-10-27（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）