SYSTEMATIC DISCOVERY OF BUSINESS ONTOLOGY

摘要

A system is provided that implements a more systematic process for obtaining business knowledge that is more efficient and timely. The process automatically reads business documents and produces a business ontology. In one implementation, the process dissects documents into sentences or collection of words that most resembles a sentence. Natural language processing algorithms may be used to identify the role of term within a sentence. Terms and associations resulting from the document analysis are used to specify a business ontology which can be then used to provide input to a software design process, among other business uses.

主权项

1. A system for determining a business ontology, the system comprising:
a memory; and a processor coupled to the memory, wherein the processor is configured to:
perform an analysis of a plurality of business documents, wherein the analysis comprises:
determining a plurality of sentences within the plurality of business documents;identifying terms and associations within the plurality of sentences;identifying frequently-used terms and associations within the plurality of sentences; anddetermining a business ontology based on the identified frequently-used terms and associations within the plurality of sentences.