Development of a simple ontology definition language (SOntoDL) and its application to a medical information service on the world wide web
Rolf Grütter, Claus Eikemeier · International Semantic Web Conference · 2001
It is the vision of the protagonists of the Semantic Web to achieve a set of connected applications for data on the World Wide Web (WWW) in such a way as to form a consistent logical web of data. Therefore, the Semantic Web approach develops languages for expressing information in a machine-processable form. Particularly, the Resource Description Framework (RDF) and RDF Schema (RDFS) are considered as the logical foundations for the implementation of the Semantic Web. This paper documents the development of a Simple Ontology Definition Language (SOntoDL). The development is part of a project aimed at the implementation of an ontology-based semantic navigation through a glossary of an evidence-based medical information service on the WWW. The latest version of SOntoDL is integrated with the RDF/RDFS framework thereby providing for the foundation of a Semantic Web of evidence-based medical information.