The Landscape of Ontology Reuse Approaches
  Ontology reuse aims to foster interoperability and facilitate knowledge
reuse. Several approaches are typically evaluated by ontology engineers when
bootstrapping a new project. However, current practices are often motivated by
subjective, case-by-case decisions, which hamper the definition of a
recommended behaviour. In this chapter we argue that to date there are no
effective solutions for supporting developers' decision-making process when
deciding on an ontology reuse strategy. The objective is twofold: (i) to survey
current approaches to ontology reuse, presenting motivations, strategies,
benefits and limits, and (ii) to analyse two representative approaches and
discuss their merits.
