Ontologies for the Virtual Materials Marketplace
This work addresses data integration and retrieval issues for researchers and practitioners in materials science, but it appears incremental as it builds on existing ontologies and platforms.
The paper tackles the challenge of organizing and accessing materials modelling services by developing a system of marketplace-level ontologies within the Virtual Materials Marketplace (VIMMP) project, using the European Materials and Modelling Ontology (EMMO) as a top-level ontology to annotate and manage data in the ZONTAL Space component.
The Virtual Materials Marketplace (VIMMP) project, which develops an open platform for providing and accessing services related to materials modelling, is presented with a focus on its ontology development and data technology aspects. Within VIMMP, a system of marketplace-level ontologies is developed to characterize services, models, and interactions between users; the European Materials and Modelling Ontology (EMMO) is employed as a top-level ontology. The ontologies are used to annotate data that are stored in the ZONTAL Space component of VIMMP and to support the ingest and retrieval of data and metadata at the VIMMP marketplace frontend.