OntoEdit: Collaborative Ontology Development for the Semantic Web

York Sure, Michael Erdmann, Jürgen Angele, Steffen Staab, Rudi Studer, Dirk Wenke

Abstract: Ontologies now play an important role for enabling the semantic web. They provide a source of precisely defined terms e.g. for knowledge-intensive applications. The terms are used for concise communication across people and applications. Typically the development of ontologies involves collaborative efforts of multiple persons. OntoEdit is an ontology editor that integrates numerous aspects of ontology engineering. This paper focuses on collaborative development of ontologies with OntoEdit which is guided by a comprehensive methodology.