Legal ontologies over time: A systematic mapping study

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Highlights：

• A broad systematic mapping study for legal ontologies is provided.

• 4315 articles from 7 databases were analyzed through a rigorous search strategy.

• Formalization of legal ontologies is practically falling on semantic web standards.

• Semantic shortcomings in legal corpus suggest the use of non-monotonic formalisms.

• Legal ontologies are, in general, context-sensitive, impairing reusability.

摘要

•A broad systematic mapping study for legal ontologies is provided.•4315 articles from 7 databases were analyzed through a rigorous search strategy.•Formalization of legal ontologies is practically falling on semantic web standards.•Semantic shortcomings in legal corpus suggest the use of non-monotonic formalisms.•Legal ontologies are, in general, context-sensitive, impairing reusability.

论文关键词：Legal ontology,Systematic mapping study,Legal expert system,Legal theory,Semantic web

论文评审过程：Received 12 January 2019, Revised 21 March 2019, Accepted 5 April 2019, Available online 6 April 2019, Version of Record 13 April 2019.

论文官网地址：https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2019.04.009