TY - GEN
T1 - Visualizing ontologies
T2 - 10th International Semantic Web Conference, ISWC 2011
AU - Howse, John
AU - Stapleton, Gem
AU - Taylor, Kerry
AU - Chapman, Peter
PY - 2011
Y1 - 2011
N2 - Concept diagrams were introduced for precisely specifying ontologies in a manner more readily accessible to developers and other stakeholders than symbolic notations. In this paper, we present a case study on the use of concept diagrams in visually specifying the Semantic Sensor Networks (SSN) ontology. The SSN ontology was originally developed by an Incubator Group of the W3C. In the ontology, a sensor is a physical object that implements sensing and an observation is observed by a single sensor. These, and other, roles and concepts are captured visually, but precisely, by concept diagrams. We consider the lessons learnt from developing this visual model and show how to convert description logic axioms into concept diagrams. We also demonstrate how to merge simple concept diagram axioms into more complex axioms, whilst ensuring that diagrams remain relatively uncluttered.
AB - Concept diagrams were introduced for precisely specifying ontologies in a manner more readily accessible to developers and other stakeholders than symbolic notations. In this paper, we present a case study on the use of concept diagrams in visually specifying the Semantic Sensor Networks (SSN) ontology. The SSN ontology was originally developed by an Incubator Group of the W3C. In the ontology, a sensor is a physical object that implements sensing and an observation is observed by a single sensor. These, and other, roles and concepts are captured visually, but precisely, by concept diagrams. We consider the lessons learnt from developing this visual model and show how to convert description logic axioms into concept diagrams. We also demonstrate how to merge simple concept diagram axioms into more complex axioms, whilst ensuring that diagrams remain relatively uncluttered.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=80055037399&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-25073-6_17
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-25073-6_17
M3 - Conference contribution
SN - 9783642250729
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
SP - 257
EP - 272
BT - The Semantic Web, ISWC 2011 - 10th International Semantic Web Conference, Proceedings
Y2 - 23 October 2011 through 27 October 2011
ER -