18th Seminar on Ontology Research in Brazil (ONTOBRAS 2025) and
Proceedings of the 18th Seminar on Ontology Research in Brazil (ONTOBRAS 2025) and
CEUR Workshop Proceedings (CEUR-WS.org), http://ceu-rws.org ISSN publication series:1613-0073
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.17508451
FARINELLI, F; CARBO NERA, J.L; SOUZA, A.D.; RODRIGUES , F.H . (eds.). ONTOBRAS 2025 – 18th Seminar on Ontology Research in Brazil . Proceedings of the 18th Seminar on Ontology Research in Brazil (ONTOBRAS 2025) and 9th Workshop on Theses and Dissertations in Ontologies (WTDO 2025),September 29th- October 2nd, 2025. São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil:CEUR -WS.org, 2025.
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Program Chairs’ addresses: Fernanda Farinelli e-mail: fernanda.farinelli@unb.br University of Brasília (UnB) Faculty of Information Sciences
Postal Code 70297-400,Brasilia /DF , Brazil Joel Luís Carbonera e-mail: joel.carbonera@inf.ufrgs.br Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul (UFRGS) Institute of Informatics
Postal Code 91501-970, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil WTDO Chairs’ addresses: Amanda Damasceno de Souza e-mail: amanda.dsouza@fumec.br Minas Gerais Foundation for Education and Culture (FUMEC) Graduate Program in Information and Communication Technology and Knowledge Management Postal Code 30310-150,Belo Horizonte /MG, Brazil Fabrício Henrique Rodrigues e-mail: fr33@buffalo.edu University at Buffalo Department of Philosophy Postal Code 14260-4150, Buffalo, NY, USA
CEP 91501-970, Porto Alegre/RS, Brazil Ontology is an interdisciplinary domain that investigates the principles, models, and theories used to construct shared conceptual representations of specific areas of knowledge. Over the past years, interest in ontology has expanded significantly, particularly due to its relevance in addressing modeling, integration, and classification challenges across fields such as Computer Science, Information Science, Artificial Intelligence, Philosophy, Linguistics, and Knowledge Management, among others. The Seminar on Ontology Research in Brazil (ONTOBRAS) provides an academic space and scientific environment for researchers and practitioners from these and related fields to exchange ideas and discuss theories, methodologies, languages, tools, and practical experiences concerning ontology design, developmen t, and application.
In its 18th edition, ONTOBRAS 2025 continues a tradition established in 200 8 in Brazil and recognized by the Brazilian Ontology Community as the main scientific forum for presenting and discussing ontologies and their application cases in the country. This edition of ONTOBRAS focuses on the theme “The Influence of Ontologies in Generative AI.” It is a timely and relevant topic for both academia and the productive sector. Recent studies have shown how ontologies and knowledge graphs contribute to improving the quality and consistency of responses generated by artificial intelligence systems. The theme also aims to strengthen the connection between academic research and industry, fostering collaboration, innovation, and the development of new applications and products.
Participants were invited to submit theoretical, methodological, and applied research papers that are directly or indirectly related to ontology studies, written in Portuguese, English, or Spanish. Submissions were organized into two tracks: the Main Track and the Workshop on Theses and Dissertations in Ontologies (WTDO.) All submissions underwent a double -blind review process conducted by our Program Committee, composed of national and international experts in the field . In the WTDO , 6 submissions (4 at the doctoral level and 2 at the master’s level) were selected for oral presentation during the event. In total, the Main Track received 48 submissions. After the review process, 12 papers were accepted as full papersand 12 as short papers, both for oral presentation and publication in these proceedings . In addition, 11 papers were accepted for poster presentations. During the conference, 11 full papers, 10 short papers, and 5 posters were effectively presented, demonstrating the diversity and quality of the research shared within the ONTOBRAS 2025 community.
The scientific program also featured five keynote talks delivered by renowned national and international experts: Barry Smith (University at Buffalo), Giancarlo Guizzardi (University of Twente), John Beverley (University at Buffalo), Jérémy Ravenel (naas.a i), and Renata Wassermann (University of São Paulo). Additionally, Aaron Damiano (U.S. Customs and Border Protection) presented the ontology demo “Fandaws (Fact and Answer Web Service) ”. The event also included two tutorials focusing on the Basic Formal Ontology (BFO) and the Unified Foundational Ontology (UFO), offered by John Beverley and Giancarlo Guizzardi, respectively. These sessions enriched the event by promoting reflection, methodological exchange, and dialogue between academia and practice in the field of ontology.
We hope that the contributions presented in these proceedings will inspire new research, foster collaboration, and continue to strengthen the ontology community in Brazil and beyond.
We thank the organizing committee for their commitment to the success of the event, the authors for their submissions and the program committee for their hard work. December 2025
Fernanda Farinelli
Joel Luís Carbonera Amanda Damasceno de Souza Fabrício Henrique Rodrigues General Chair
José M. Parente de Oliveira - Aeronautics Institute of Technology , Brazil ONTOBRAS Program Committee Chairs
Fernanda Farinelli - University of Brasília , Brazil
Joel Luís Carbonera - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil WTDO Program
Committee Chairs Amanda Damasceno De Souza - FUMEC University, Brazil
Fabrício Henrique Rodrigues - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Communication Chairs Web Chairs Steering Committee
Evellin Cristine Souza Cardoso - Federal University of Goiás, Brazil Rafael Logan de Souza Nobre - Federal Technological University of Paraná , Brazil Haroldo Rojas de Souza Silva - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Rafael Humann Petry - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Amanda Damasceno De Souza - FUMEC University, Brazil Claudenir Morais Fonseca - University of Twente, The Netherlands Daniela Lucas - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Daniela Schmidt - University of Évora, Portugal Eduardo Ribeiro Felipe - Federal University of Itajubá, Brazil Fabrício Henrique Rodrigues - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Fernanda Farinelli - University of Brasília, Brazil Giancarlo Guizzardi - University of Twente, The Netherlands) Jeanne Louize Emygdio - PUC Minas Gerais, Brazil) João Luiz Rebelo Moreira - University of Twente, The Netherlands Joel Luís Carbonera - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil José M. Parente de Oliveira - Aeronautics Institute of Technology, Brazil Luan Garcia - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Mara Abel - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Monalessa Barcellos - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Rita Berardi - Federal University of Technology – Paraná, Brazil Tiago Prince Sales - University of Twente, The Netherlands Veruska Zamborlini - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Vítor E. Silva Souza - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazi l Program Committee
Alcides Lopes Alexandre Rademaker - Getulio Vargas Foundation, Brazil Amanda Damaceno de Souza - FUMEC University , Brazil Ana Carolina S. Arakaki - University of Brasília, Brazil Camila Z. Aguiar - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Carlos Marcondes - Fluminense Federal University, Brazil Cassia Trojahn - University of Toulouse, France Claudenir M. Fonseca - University of Twente, The Netherlands Cláudio Gottschalg -Duque - University of Brasília, Brazil Clever Farias - University of São Paulo, Brazil Cristine Griffo - European Academy of Bolzano, Brazil Daniela Lucas Da Silva - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Eduardo Felipe - Federal University of Itajubá, Brazil Evellin Cardoso - Federal University of Goiás, Brazil Fabricio Henrique Rodrigues - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Felipe Augusto Arakaki - University of Brasília, Brazil Fernanda Baião - Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Fernanda Farinelli - University of Brasília, Brazil Fernando Cruz - University of Brasília, Brazil Fernando Ostuni Gauthier - Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil Ferrucio de Franco Rosa - University Center of Campo Limpo Paulista, Brazil Flavio S. Correa Da Silva - University of São Paulo, Brazil Fred Freitas - Federal University of Pernanbuco, Brazil Gabriela Henning - Technological Institute of Santo Domingo,Dominican Republic Giancarlo Guizzardi - University of Twente, The Netherlands Ítalo Oliveira - University of Twente, The Netherlands J. Neil Otte - Johns Hopkins University , United States Jeanne Louize Emygdio - Pontifical Catholic University of Minas Gerais, Brazil João Lima - Federal Senate, Brazil João Paulo Almeida - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Joel Carbonera - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil John Beverley - University at Buffalo, United States José M. Parente de Oliveira - Aeronautics Institute of Technology, Brazil Júlio Cesar Dos Reis - University of Campinas, Brazil Júlio Cesar Nardi - Federal Intitute of Espírito Santo, Brazil Lais Salvador - Federal University of Bahia, Brazil Luan Garcia - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Luciano Heitor Gallegos Marin - Federal Technological University of Paraná, Brazil Luís Ferreira Pires - University of Twente, The Netherlands Mara Abel - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Marcello Peixoto Bax - Federal University of Minas Gerais Brazil Maria das Graças da Silva Teixeira - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Mathias Brochhausen - University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, United States Monalessa Barcellos - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Pedro Paulo F. Barcelos - Health Research Infrastructure, The Netherlands Rafael Peñaloza - University of Milano-Bicocca, Italy Regina Braga - Federal University of Juiz de Fora, Brazil Renata Guizzardi - University of Twente, The Netherlands Sandro Rama Fiorini - IBM Research, Brazil Silvio Gonnet - Universidad Tecnológica Nacional, Argentina Thiago Henrique Bragato Barros - Federal University of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil Tiago Prince Sales - University of Twente, The Netherlands Veruska Zamborlini - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Vitor E. Silva Souza - Federal University of Espírito Santo, Brazil Vivian S. Silva - Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Part I: Full Papers Ontologia para representação do conhecimento sobre consentimento do titular de dados pessoais em mídias sociais digitais (Ontology for knowledge representation of data subjects' consent in digital social me)dia Camila Gourgues Pereira (UFPR), Luciano Heitor Gallegos . Marin (UFPR), Cristina Godoy Bernardo de Oliveira (UFPR) LLM Assisted Vocabulary Harmonization
Maria Claudia Reis Cavalcanti (IME), Samir de Oliveira Ramos (IME), Ronaldo Ribeiro Goldschmidt (IME), Wallace Anacleto Pinheiro (IME), Alexandra Miguel Raibolt da Silva (IME), Alex Garcia (IME), Bernardo Alkmim (PUC -Rio), Robinson Callou (IME), Edward Hermann Haeusler (PUC Rio), Cecília de Azevedo Castro César (ITA), Ferrucio de Franco Rosa (ITA), José Maria Parente de Oliveira (ITA) KG -Quizzer: Refinamento de Prompts via Grafos de Conhecimento para a Geração Automática de Questionários em Português (KG -Quizzer: Prompt Refinement via Knowledge Graphs for the Automatic Generation of Questionnaires in Portuguese)
Davisson Medeiros (UNICAMP), Gabriel Leite (UNICAMP), André Gomes Regino (Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato Archer), Victor Jesus Soleto Chico (UNICAMP), Ferrucio de Franco Rosa (Centro de Tecnologia da Informação Renato Archer), Julio Cesar dos Reis (UNICAMP) Notes on the use of the powertype pattern
André M. Demori (IME), Julio Cesar Cardoso Tesolin (IME), Maria Claudia Reis Cavalcanti (IME) Integração de dados de saúde pública para a tomada de decisões: uma abordagem de grafo de conhecimento semântico (Integrating Public Health Data for Decision -Making: A Semantic Knowledge Graph Approach)
Sandro de Carvalho Franco (UFBA), Nacles Bernardino Pirajá Gomes (UFBA), Lais do Nascimento Salvador (UFBA) ATHENA: A FAIR Approach to Publish and Evaluate Cybersecurity Datasets
Thaisa da S. Hernandez (IME), Caroline Duarte Gandolfi (IME), Pedro Henrique Bulcão (IME), Luiz Bonino da S ilva Santos (University of Twente), Anderson F. P. dos Santos (Venturus Centro de Inovação Tecnológica), Maria Cláudia R eis Cavalcanti (Diretoria de Comunicações e Tecnologia da Informação da Marinha) Uso de Inteligência Artificial Generativa e Ontologias para Indexação Temática de Imagens: Uma Abordagem Iconográfica de Panofsky (Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence and Ontologies for Thematic Indexing of Images: A Panofskian Iconographic Approach)
Adriana Aparecida Lemos Torres (UFMG), Alexandre Alves da Rocha (UFMG), Benildes Coura Moreira dos Santos Maculan (UFMG), Elisângela Cristina Aganette (UFMG), Felipe Moreira de Assunção (UFMG, UFRGS), Gislene Rodrigues da Silva (UFMG, Universidad Carlos II I de Madrid), Francis Bento Marques (UFMG, UFVJM), Amanda Jercika Carla de Oliveira Souza (UFMG) Sobre a Interação entre Inteligência Artificial Explicável (XAI) e Ontologias: Uma Revisão Quasi -Sistemática da Literatura (On the Interaction between ExplainableArtificial Intelligence (XAI) and Ontologies: A Quasi-Systematic Literature Review)
Lucas Maddalena (PUC-Rio), Fernanda Baião (PUC -Rio), Tiago Prince Sales (University of Twente), Giancarlo Guizzardi (University of Twente) 10-22 23-37 38-50 51-62 63-76 77-89 90-103 104-118 Improving Semantic Expressiveness in Data Catalogs: Applying Ontological Patterns to Data Catalog Vocabulary Relations
Vania Borges (UFRJ), Natália Queiroz de Oliveira (UFRJ), Maria Luiza Machado Campos (UFRJ),
Giseli Rabello Lopes (UFRJ) Modeling and Exploring Semantic View Metadata in Knowledge Graphs with VoSV Tulio V. Rolim (UFC, IFPI), Renato S. Freitas (UFC), Narciso Arruda (UFC), Asley Lioba (UFC), José W. F. da Silva (UFC), Chiara Renso (ISTI – National Research Council), Marco A. Casanova (PUC Rio), Vania M. P. Vidal (UFC) Applying Principles of Ontology -Driven Conceptual Modeling to the Interpretation Process
Marcelo Amaral (UFRJ), Vânia Borges (UFRJ), João Moreira (University of Twente), Maria Campos (UFRJ)
Part II: Short Papers Ontologia Pinakes: Uma Análise com Modelos de Linguagem de Grande Escala (Pinakes Ontology: An Analysis with Large -Scale Language Models)
Bruno Costa, Greicy Santos (IBICT), Ana Carolina Mendonça (IBICT), Dayane Machado (IBICT,
UFSCAR), Gabriel Oliveira (IBICT), Ana Carolina Arakaki (UFSCAR, UNB) Use of Knowledge Graphs Applied to Modeling Mobile Telecommunications Network Infrastructures in Brazil
Daniele Nazaré Tavares (ITA), José Maria Parente de Oliveira (ITA) A Semantic Framework to Compose RESTful Services
Luis Antonio Rodriguez (ITA), José Parente de Oliveira (ITA) Semantic Mapping of Bibliographic Models in National Libraries
Felipe Augusto Arakaki (UNB), Ana Carolina Arakaki (UNB, UFSCar), Ana Carolina Novaes de
Mendonça (SAUS) Providing Semantics to Object-Centric Event Logs (OCEL) from Process Mining using BFO
Evellin Cardoso (UFG) TAFNAVEGA como Vocabulário Semântico Interoperável: da Taxonomia Facetada à Modelagem Ontológica (TAFNAVEGA as an Interoperable Semantic Vocabulary: From Faceted Taxonomy to Ontological Modeling)
Benildes Coura Moreira dos Santos Maculan (UFMG), Elisângela Cristina Aganette (UFMG) Integration of the OnDBTuning Ontology into the OuterTuning Framework
Eric Ruas Leão (PUC -Rio), Edward Hermann Haeusler (PUC -Rio), Sergio Lifschitz (PUC -Rio) Domain Ontology for Mapping Competency Development in Higher Education Engineering Programs
Eduardo Perotti, Eduardo Felipe, Giovani Vitor, Fernanda Farinelli, Rodrigo Braga An Ontology -Based Approach to Streamline the Reconstruction of Genome -Scale Metabolic Models
Nahim A. Souza, Renata Wassermann OntoMI: An Ontology Grounded in the Theory of Multiple Intelligences for Semantic Classification of Educational Resources
Jefferson Rodrigo Speck, Sidgley Camargo de Andrade, Clodis Boscarioli 133-146 147-159 160-166 167-173 174-180 181-186 187-193 194-204 206-211 212-218 219-227 228-234
The Workshop on Theses and Dissertations in Ontologies (WTDO) at ONTOBRAS 2025 once again offered a valuable academic space for discussion and mentoring among graduate students and senior researchers. The works presented reflected the diversity of research being developed in Brazil and abroad, combining theoretical reflection, methodological innovation, and applied ontology development.
This edition included six presentations, divided between doctoralthesesand master’s dissertations, as follows:
• • • •
An Ontology-Based Approach to Streamline the Reconstruction of Geno m-Secale Metabolic Models, by Nahim A. Souza and Renata Wassermann.
Ontologia de Alto Nível para Segurança Cibernética em Sistemas de Informação , by Roberto Monteiro Dias and Sean Siqueira.
Classification of Gender Stereotypes in a Legal Context: A Systematic Review and Current Opportunities, by Tainá Turella Caetano dos Santos and Renata Wassermann. Knowledge Management and Organization in Decentralized Finance, by Fábio Cossenzo and Marcello Bax.
• Domain Ontology for Mapping Competency Development in Higher Education Engineering Programs, by Eduardo Perotti, Eduardo Felipe, Giovani Vitor, Fernanda Farinelli, and Rodrigo Braga. • OntoMI: An Ontology Grounded in the Theory of Multiple Intelligences for Semantic Classification of Educational Resources, by Jefferson Rodrigo Speck, Sidgley Camargo de Andrade, and Clodis Boscarioli.
In addition to the WTDO, ONTOBRAS 2025 also featured a Poster Session , which provided an open space for sharing innovative ideas, ongoing work, and exploratory studies that connect ontology to emerging technologies and applied contexts. The following posters were presented: • • •
Plugin de Alinhamento Interativo de Ontologias de Cibersegurança com Abordagens de Aprendizado de Máquina e K-Means, by Roberto Dias.
ONTOGEN: Ontology-Guided Knowledge Graph Construction for Generative A,I by Felipe Nunes.
The Annotation Jungle: An Analysis of Annotation Property Usage in the Ontology Community , by Rafael Petry, Haroldo Silva, and Mara Abel.
Uma abordagem XAI baseada em Ontologias para Seleção Multicritério de Fornecedores em Cadeias de Suprimento, by Mateus da Rocha Peixoto, Fernanda Baião, and Renata Guizzardi.
Por que a Embrapa precisa de ontologias? Caminhos para a organização e integração do conhecimento agropecuário brasileiro, by Celina Takemura, Milena Telles, Leandro Oliveira, Bibiana Almeida, Débora Drucker, Jaudete Daltio, Rochelle Alvorcem, and Maria de Cléofas Alencar.
Adequação aos princípios FAIR e ontologias biomédicas em instituto de pesquisa neurocientífica: em que medida isso é eficiente na gestão de dados de saúde no Bras,ibl?y Arthur Matta and Jonas Reis.
The diversity of topics and institutions represented in the WTDO and Poster Sessions demonstrates the breadth of ontology research and its intersections with artificial intelligence, data governance, education, and knowledge organization. These contributio ns reaffirm ONTOBRAS’s role as a collaborative and interdisciplinary forum that connects theory, technology, and practice, strengthening the ontology research community in Brazil and beyond.