Name: JUSSARA TEIXEIRA
Publication date: 28/02/2025
Examining board:
Name |
Role |
|---|---|
| ELIAS SILVA DE OLIVEIRA | Examinador Interno |
| JEAN-RÉMI BOURGUET | Examinador Externo |
| JOAO PAULO ANDRADE ALMEIDA | Coorientador |
| VITOR ESTEVAO SILVA SOUZA | Presidente |
Summary: This master's dissertation presents a conceptual modeling approach for the domain of archival records, motivated by the challenges of interoperability and long-term preservation of archival records in digital environments. The transition from physical to digital or born-digital archival records has significantly increased the complexity of their management, requiring solutions that seek to guarantee the interoperability, accessibility and authenticity of archival records over time. In response to these challenges, this research presents a specific ontology to represent the archival record, with the aim of facilitating semantic interoperability between various public administration information systems. The study begins by establishing a theoretical framework that encompasses the fundamental concepts of archival record characteristics, the role of ontologies in the field of Archival Science and the specific approaches employed in the construction of ontologies. A systematic literature mapping was carried out using the CLeAR approach to identify existing structured resources that could contribute to the proposed ontology. The process of building the Archival Record Ontology (ARO) integrates ontological resources such as OntoUML, SABiO, UFO and gUFO, and the Visual Paradigm tool, which together helped to build the representation of the archival record. The ontology verification process was carried out using Protégé, a tool that not only facilitates verification, but also supports other important tasks in ontology development. SPARQL queries were implemented to verify the ontology's ability to correctly answer the integration questions that were formulated. The results of this research contribute to the advancement of archival science by providing a semantically rich ontology that aids the management, preservation and interoperability of archival records. This work not only enhances theoretical understanding, but also demonstrates the practical use of conceptual modeling, using ontologies to address archival concepts.
