Graphical representation of OWL 2 ontologies through graphol
Marco Console, Domenico Lembo, Valerio Santarelli, Domenico Fabio Savo · IRIS Research product catalog (Sapienza University of Rome) · 2014
Abstract. We present Graphol, a novel language for the diagrammatic represen-tation of ontologies. Graphol is designed to offer a completely visual representa-tion to the users, thus helping the understanding of people not skilled in logic. At the same time, it provides designers with simple mechanisms for ontology edit-ing, which free them from having to write down complex textual syntax. Through Graphol we can specify SROIQ(D) ontologies, thus our language essentially captures the OWL 2 standard. In this respect, we developed a basic software tool to translate Graphol ontologies realized with the yEd graph editor into OWL 2 functional syntax specifications. 1