TY  - SER
AU  - Tshering,Younten
AU  - Chutiporn Anutariya,
AU  - Vatcharaporn Esichaikul,
AU  - Attaphongse Taparugssanagorn,
ED  - Asian Development Bank - Japan Scholarship  Program (ADB-JSP),
TI  - An ontology-based approach to support semantic interoperability in Bhutan{u2019}s E-Government
T2  - Research studies project report
PY  - 2022///
CY  - Pathum Thani, Thailand
PB  - Asian Institute of Technology
KW  - Internet in public administration
KW  - Bhutan
KW  - Political participation
KW  - Technological innovations
KW  - Electronic government information
KW  - Ontology
N1  - A research study submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Computer Science, School of Engineering and Technology; Research Studies Project Report (M. Sc.) - Asian Institute of Technology, 2022
N2  - Interoperability in e-government is important to improve the public service by making  the different systems for exchanging, integrating, and using the information in a  meaningful manner. The purpose of developing the e-government system is to serve the  government and citizens. However, e-government systems along with heterogeneous  databases have created difficulties in integration or interoperability. These  heterogeneous databases in the e-government do lead to the redundancy of data, data  inconsistency, and the difficulty to integrate data and processing data within and outside  the departments. The representation of the heterogeneous system with common  standards is considered a valuable resolution for interoperability. In this research, the  Technology Framework for Bhutan{u2019}s E-government is proposed to support semantic  interoperability using an ontology-based approach. To evaluate the proposed  Technology Framework for Bhutan{u2019}s E-government Interoperability, a case of  developing Domain Ontology for Bhutan{u2019}s Administrative Division (AD) is discussed.  To overcome the challenges of Bhutan{u2019}s AD, the conceptual prototype was followed  for developing and maintaining the domain ontology called 2Bhutan{u2019}s Administrative  Division (BTNAD) Ontology3 with unified knowledge of the concept. Further, digitalizing the requirements to integrate the data in ontology schema was applied.  Then, the domain ontology was implemented and validated using the Protégé and  verified the answers to competency questions applying the SPARQL query. The  BTNAD Ontology includes the idea of a Single Source of Truth, reusing the data, and  enhancement of collaboration and interoperability within and across the agencies.  Moreover, the use of ontology and design of linking the administrative division of the  country at the conceptual level aims to introduce an open data concept in the country  for data sharing and access. Finally, the research discusses some recommendations from  the proposed framework and interoperability challenges.
UR  - http://203.159.5.9/ait-thesis/Viewer/viewer.php?id=B20378
ER  -