Abstract

Company data, ranging from basic company information such as company name(s) and incorporation date to complex balance sheets and personal data about directors and shareholders, are the foundation that many data value chains depend upon in various sectors (e.g., business information, marketing and sales, etc.). Company data becomes a valuable asset when data is collected and integrated from a variety of sources, both authoritative (e.g., national business registers) and non-authoritative (e.g., company websites). Company data integration is however a difficult task primarily due to the heterogeneity and complexity of company data, and the lack of generally agreed upon semantic descriptions of the concepts in this domain. In this article, we introduce the euBusinessGraph ontology as a lightweight mechanism for harmonising company data for the purpose of aggregating, linking, provisioning and analysing basic company data. The article provides an overview of the related work, ontology scope, ontology development process, explanations of core concepts and relationships, and the implementation of the ontology. Furthermore, we present scenarios where the ontology was used, among others, for publishing company data (business knowledge graph) and for comparing data from various company data providers. The euBusinessGraph ontology serves as an asset not only for enabling various tasks related to company data but also on which various extensions can be built upon.

中文翻译：

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euBusinessGraph本体：用于统一公司基本信息的轻量级本体

摘要

公司数据，从公司的基本信息（例如公司名称和成立日期）到复杂的资产负债表以及有关董事和股东的个人数据，是许多数据价值链在各个部门（例如业务信息，市场营销）所依赖的基础和销售等）。当从各种来源（权威性（例如，国家商业登记册）和非权威性（例如，公司网站））收集和集成数据时，公司数据成为宝贵的资产。然而，公司数据集成是一项艰巨的任务，这主要是由于公司数据的异质性和复杂性，以及在该领域中缺乏对概念的普遍认可的语义描述。在这篇文章中，我们将euBusinessGraph本体介绍为一种轻量级的机制，用于协调公司数据，以汇总，链接，供应和分析公司基本数据。本文概述了相关工作，本体范围，本体开发过程，核心概念和关系的解释以及本体的实现。此外，我们提出了使用本体进行发布公司数据（业务知识图）以及比较来自各种公司数据提供者的数据等场景。euBusinessGraph本体不仅作为资产来启用与公司数据相关的各种任务，而且还可以在其上构建各种扩展。本体范围，本体开发过程，核心概念和关系的解释以及本体的实现。此外，我们提出了使用本体进行发布公司数据（业务知识图）以及比较来自各种公司数据提供者的数据的场景。euBusinessGraph本体不仅作为资产来启用与公司数据相关的各种任务，而且还可以在其上构建各种扩展。本体范围，本体开发过程，核心概念和关系的解释以及本体的实现。此外，我们提出了使用本体进行发布公司数据（业务知识图）以及比较来自各种公司数据提供者的数据等场景。euBusinessGraph本体不仅作为资产来启用与公司数据相关的各种任务，而且还可以在其上构建各种扩展。