Methodological Aspects of Forming an Ontological Model of Reproducing Mineral Resources Assets

Abstract

   The problems of reproduction of mineral resources currently remains relevant. At the same time, the amount of financing in terms of reproduction of certain types of solid minerals, common minerals, groundwater, does not always allow performing the appropriate prospecting and exploration work in the required volume. In this sense, a very significant resource for information support of the subsoil use process is already available reports, protocols, review documents on the state of the mineral resource base of a particular region and at the state level. A significant number of such information resources, their disparity in terms of data formats, architecture, and presentation features practically does not allow manual analysis and
selection of the necessary information. In such conditions, an alternative option is the use of automated tools for working with geological and economic information. A fairly common tool for solving the task, however, in other subject areas, is the use of the mechanism of ontological engineering. The ontology allows detecting hidden dependencies and relationships of elements in the presence of a detailed description of existing facts based on the rules of descriptive logic.

   The purpose of this work is to study certain methodological aspects of formating an ontological model in relation to the process of reproducing mineral assets.