An Extension of the Environment for Building/Using Ontologies "Hozo" toward Practical Ontology Engineering - Focused on Practical Issues

• Ohta Mamoru

  The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University. Enegate Co., Ltd.

• Kozaki Kouji

  The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University.

• Mizoguchi Riichiro

  The Institute of Scientific and Industrial Research (ISIR), Osaka University.

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 実践的なオントロジー開発に向けたオントロジー構築・利用環境「法造」の拡張　‐　実践編　‐

Abstract

Through the spread of ontological engineering, many technologies and software tools for ontology construction have been developed. By using them, many ontologies have been constructed in various domains. On these backgrounds, we have been developing an ontology engineering environment "Hozo" and using the tool to construct a lot of ontologies in various domains such as medical science, bioinformatics, nano-technology, education, environmental engineering and so on. Through these practical experiences, we have noticed many issues concerning ontology construction and have solved them by enhancing the ontological theories and technical functions of Hozo. The number of items of improvements amounts to 72 in both theoretical and practical issues. This paper focuses on the practical issues and presents the improved functions of Hozo. They are grouped into three kinds: 1) issues in the ontology design/construction phase, 2) ones in the ontology utilization phase, and 3) ones in the ontology refinement phase. We discuss requirements to solve the practical issues in each phase and demonstrate improved functions of Hozo. Then, we consider how those functions have been useful for ontology construction through actual uses in six ontology development projects and evaluation experiment of usability of Hozo. Through these extensions, usability and reliability of Hozo has been improved.

Journal

• Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence

  Transactions of the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence 26 (2), 403-418, 2011

  The Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence

Keywords

• ontology
• ontology engineering tool
• practical ontology engineering

Details

• CRID: 1390001205106436864
• NII Article ID: 130000455455
• DOI: 10.1527/tjsai.26.403
• ISSN: 13468030
• ISSN: 13460714
• Web Site: http://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/tjsai/26/2/26_2_403/_pdf
• Text Lang: ja
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