The document proposes developing an ontology service called the Fishery Ontology Server (FOS) to improve indexing, retrieval, and knowledge sharing of information from multiple fishery and aquatic resources databases. The FOS would involve developing fishery domain ontologies based on existing terminology and schemas. Upper level and core ontologies would provide a formal conceptual framework to semantically integrate information from different sources and enhance interoperability. The proposal outlines steps for a fast prototype, including choosing an ontology server, developing preliminary domain and core ontologies, and providing multilingual lexicalization of concepts.

1. Project Proposal for a Fishery Ontology Service Aldo Gangemi CNR-ISTC Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies [email_address]

7. Ontologies constrain intended meaning Conceptualization C Language L Models M(L) Ontology Intended models I K (L)

10. In general, ontologies enhance the quality of an application by expliciting the assumptions of designers, implementors, users

12. Aquaculture in AGROVOC

13. Aquaculture in ASFA

14. Aquaculture in oneFish

15. Aquaculture in FIGIS (composites) Aquaculture Resource Water Area land strains Species life cycle Farming system management system Production center Spawning technique Breeding technique Hatchery technique Expl. form Regulation Farming technique Environment Institution Health monitoring technique diseases suppliers

16. oneFish topic trees ( worldviews ) Administration Subjects Ecosystem Geography Species Stakeholders

19. Ontology Library Architecture Domain Ontologies banana, organic lettuce, rose Middle and Core* Ontologies plant*, crop*, fishery*, law, ship Upper Ontologies object, event, part, precedes, shape Representation Ontologies concept, slot, instance, role, function

20. Fishery ontology library Domain ontologies Representation ontology Upper ontology Core ontology Geographic ontology Species ontology Institutions ontology Fishing devices ontology Fishing and farming techniques ontology Farming systems ontology Fishery regulations ontology Fishery management ontology Biological ontology Devices ontology Legal ontology Management ontology external theories:

23. A view of the OCT upper level

24. The core ontology for capture fishery

25. The core ontology for aquaculture

27. The APO schema Activity :Occurrence 1 PARTICIPANT n n n n n n Object :Entity 1 METHOD n n n n n n Plan :MentalObject (composed) 1 INVOLVED-IN n n n n n n

29. Fishery merged info access