A Visual Notation for the Integrated Representation of OWL Ontologies

Stefan Negru, Steffen Lohmann

2013

Abstract

The paper presents a visual notation for the Web Ontology Language (OWL) providing an integrated view on the classes and individuals of ontologies. The classes are displayed as circles, with the size of each circle representing its connectivity in the ontology. The individuals are represented as sections in the circles so that it is immediately clear from the visualization how many individuals the classes contain. The notation can be used to visualize the property relations of either the classes (conceptual layer) or of selected individuals (integrated layer), while certain elements are always shown for a better understanding. It requires only a small number of graphical elements and the resulting visualizations are comparatively compact. Yet, the notation is comprehensive, as it defines graphical representations for all OWL elements that can be reasonably visualized. The applicability of the notation is illustrated by the example of the Friend of a Friend (FOAF) ontology.

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Negru S. and Lohmann S. (2013). A Visual Notation for the Integrated Representation of OWL Ontologies . In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST, ISBN 978-989-8565-54-9, pages 308-315. DOI: 10.5220/0004373003080315


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@conference{webist13,
author={Stefan Negru and Steffen Lohmann},
title={A Visual Notation for the Integrated Representation of OWL Ontologies},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,},
year={2013},
pages={308-315},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0004373003080315},
isbn={978-989-8565-54-9},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Web Information Systems and Technologies - Volume 1: WEBIST,
TI - A Visual Notation for the Integrated Representation of OWL Ontologies
SN - 978-989-8565-54-9
AU - Negru S.
AU - Lohmann S.
PY - 2013
SP - 308
EP - 315
DO - 10.5220/0004373003080315