A graphical environment for ontology development
Luigi Ceccaroni, Elisa F. Kendall · 2003
This paper presents current research on a semantically rich, graphical representation of ontologies and its utility for collaborative construction based on requirements outlined by the Agentcities initiative. A new tool, called the Visual Ontology Modeler, is described and evaluated in the context of Agentcities. Its distinguishing qualities include: ease of use, multi-user configuration management, integrated consistency and completeness checking, automated export of DAML+OIL code. The application domain is an open, dynamic test-bed for agent deployment; the ontologies are encoded in DAML+OIL and explicitly designed to be shared by several agent-based services within this environment.