A Domain Ontology for Modeling the Book of Purification in Islam

Abstract

This paper aims to fill the gap in major Islamic topics by developing an ontology for the Book of Purification in Islam. Many trusted books start with the Book of Purification as it is the key to prayer (Second Pillar after Shahadah, the profession of faith) and required in Islamic duties like performing Umrah and Hajj. The strategy for developing the ontology included six steps: (1) domain identification, (2) knowledge acquisition, (3) conceptualization, (4) classification, (5) integration and implementation, and (6) ontology generation. Examples of the built tables and classifications are included in this paper. Focus in this paper is given to the design and analysis phases where the technical implementing of the proposed ontology is not within this paper’s objectives. Though, we presented an initial implementation to illustrate the steps of our strategy. We make sure that this ontology or knowledge representation on the Book of Purification in Islam satisfy reusability, where the main attributes, concepts, and their relationships are defined and encoded. This formal encoding will be available for sharing and reusing.