IoT Ontology Development Process for Well-Being, Aging and Health: Challenges and Opportunities

Ontology development processes are not trivial, given the inherently complex nature of knowledge capturing and management, as well as the need to provide structural and methodical approach on the process methodology itself in order for it to be adopted and usable. If aiming to develop an ontology for multidimensional concepts, such as well-being, aging and health, it is certain that knowledge from multiple domains have to be included, which only extends the time needed for ontology engineering. If such environments aim to be supported by the Internet of Things, than challenges rise even more. This paper provides a scoping analysis of existing well-known ontology development methodologies, with a note on the extent of their adoption and readiness to be used in a multi-domain circumstances. The approach to IoT ontology development process tailoring has been presented and elaborated, as well as the challenges specific to IoT ontology development for well-being, aging and health. Finally, research opportunities have been presented and future directions given on providing more comprehensive, more tailored and more usable ontology development methodologies.