Ontology editor

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

An ontology editor is software with which ontologies - i.e. relationships of being - can be constructed.

One of the best-known ontology editors is Protégé from Stanford University , which is based on data exchange protocols such as OKBC and can import and export ontology languages ​​such as OWL and RDF .

Criteria for selection

From the large number of editors available, a ranking list of requirements can be formulated according to the following points.

  1. Degree of abstraction from the concrete ontology presentation for intuitive knowledge modeling
  2. Visual or intuitive navigation in the knowledge model
    The visualization of the description context is related to the concept map and the mind map . On the other hand, such descriptions of the world can serve both for the development of expert systems and for the development of games.
  3. Inference options using an external or built-in inference engine
  4. Standardized storage formats = ontology languages
  5. Comparison between different ontologies and the integration of external data
  6. Information extraction facilities
  7. Export / import of third-party ontology formats
  8. Support and integration of industry standards and core ontologies such as Dublin Core .
  9. Natural language processing
  10. Wizards for supporting best practice methods
  11. Adaptability to individual needs
  12. Support of groupware properties

See also

Web links

Software systems