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Through our research project on sustainable biofuel, we argued how to apply
ontology engineering to stakeholder analysis and enhance function of the existing
ontology-based system to support stakeholder analysis. For this purpose, the gap
between the two approaches was identified: stakeholder analysis treats concrete
world that depends on specific social context of an issue in focus, while ontology
engineering emphasizes structured world with relatively higher semantic abstraction. Then, modification and function enhancement were made to bridge the gap.
For example, the existing biofuel ontology was extensively upgraded on the basis of
research outcomes by stakeholder analysis. The system interface and functions were
also improved to enable multiple users (stakeholders) to use the system at the same
time during the decision-making process.
Based on the stakeholder analysis in Chaps. 3 and 9, we can identify four different dimensions for planning biofuel policy measures (Fig. 12.2). The first one is the
life cycle of biofuel from land use change by energy crop cultivation, biofuel production, distribution, and endues of biofuel. Stakeholders are second dimension
which often includes various players in both developed and developing countries.
Types of policy measures as third dimension consider if a policy should or can be
applied to global, regional, or local scale and if it is long term or short term,
technology- based or action-based, and so forth. Fourth dimension asks from which
perspective or objective a policy is designed. Economic development, energy
security, food security, or water security, for example, would be one of those perspectives. Implemented and proposed policy measures were sorted out to meet these
dimensions and integrated into the biofuel ontology.
Exploration of the biofuel ontology
“Hozo” – Ontology Editor
Interview by a third party
Support system for stakeholder analysis
Ontologically structured world
with relatively higher semantic
abstraction
The real world that depends
on specific social context
of an issue in focus
Fig. 12.1 Collaboration between stakeholder analysis and ontology engineering
12 Application of Ontology for Developing Strategy Options
Through our research project on sustainable biofuel, we argued how to apply
ontology engineering to stakeholder analysis and enhance function of the existing
ontology-based system to support stakeholder analysis. For this purpose, the gap
between the two approaches was identified: stakeholder analysis treats concrete
world that depends on specific social context of an issue in focus, while ontology
engineering emphasizes structured world with relatively higher semantic abstraction. Then, modification and function enhancement were made to bridge the gap.
For example, the existing biofuel ontology was extensively upgraded on the basis of
research outcomes by stakeholder analysis. The system interface and functions were
also improved to enable multiple users (stakeholders) to use the system at the same
time during the decision-making process.
Based on the stakeholder analysis in Chaps. 3 and 9, we can identify four different dimensions for planning biofuel policy measures (Fig. 12.2). The first one is the
life cycle of biofuel from land use change by energy crop cultivation, biofuel production, distribution, and endues of biofuel. Stakeholders are second dimension
which often includes various players in both developed and developing countries.
Types of policy measures as third dimension consider if a policy should or can be
applied to global, regional, or local scale and if it is long term or short term,
technology- based or action-based, and so forth. Fourth dimension asks from which
perspective or objective a policy is designed. Economic development, energy
security, food security, or water security, for example, would be one of those perspectives. Implemented and proposed policy measures were sorted out to meet these
dimensions and integrated into the biofuel ontology.
Exploration of the biofuel ontology
“Hozo” – Ontology Editor
Interview by a third party
Support system for stakeholder analysis
Ontologically structured world
with relatively higher semantic
abstraction
The real world that depends
on specific social context
of an issue in focus
Fig. 12.1 Collaboration between stakeholder analysis and ontology engineering
12 Application of Ontology for Developing Strategy Options