Title: Towards a quality model for semantic IS standards

Authors: Erwin Folmer; Joris Van Soest

Addresses: University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands; TNO, Capitool 10, 7521 PL Enschede, The Netherlands. ' University of Twente, Drienerlolaan 5, 7522 NB Enschede, The Netherlands

Abstract: This research focuses on developing a quality model for semantic information system (IS) standards. A lot of semantic IS standards are available in different industries. Often these standards are developed by a dedicated organisation. While these organisations have the goal of increasing interoperability, there is no way to determine the quality of such a standard. This research will provide quality attributes relevant to semantic IS standards. A theoretical grounded model is created and validated by 19 experts through a survey. Based on these findings, a quality model to assess the quality of semantic IS standards has been constructed.

Keywords: quality models; semantic information systems; information system standards; interoperability; information quality; modelling; semantics.

DOI: 10.1504/IJIQ.2012.050043

International Journal of Information Quality, 2012 Vol.3 No.1, pp.28 - 48

Received: 07 Mar 2012
Accepted: 30 Jul 2012
Published online: 13 Sep 2014 *