Development of an Ontology Based Forensic Search Mechanism: Proof of Concept

Jill Slay and Fiona Schulz
Enterprise Security Management Lab
 Advanced Computing Research Centre
School of Computer and Information Science
University of South Australia
Mawson Lakes SA5095 Australia

ABSTRACT

This paper examines the problems faced by Law Enforcement in searching large quantities of electronic evidence. It examines the use of ontologies as the basis for new forensic software filters and provides a proof of concept tool based on an ontological design. It demonstrates that efficient searching is produced through the use of such a design and points to further work that might be carried out to extend this concept.

Keywords: forensic computing, electronic evidence, search, filter, ontology