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From: "Leo Obrst" 
To: "Ontolog-forums-cim3-net" 
Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 05:19
Subject: [ontolog] ontology tools and an ontology repository?
Source: http://ontolog.cim3.org/forums/ontolog/0211/msg00008.html
We are considering one possibility for our site: an ontology repository,
wherein folks can register ontologies and/or build ontologies using
Web-enabled tools, possibly hosted at our site.
So some questions:


How do you feel about:



Question 11OntologyRepository?
our site supporting an ontology repository?

      [X]  1. Yes
      [  ]  2. No



Question 12WebOntologyTool?
our site supporting a Web-enabled ontology tool (for developing ontologies)?

      [X]  1. Yes
      [  ]  2. No



Question 13NoneOfTheAbove
none of the above.

      Not a good idea, because:  (Not Answered)



Question 20WhichOntologyTools
Which ontology tools do you use?

      Ontology tool I use/am familiar with:  OilEd, Protege, IODE, Ontolingua



Question 21ToolCharacterization
Can you characterize the tools: i.e., Web-enabled, ontology
languages supported, cost/licensing, POCs, experience, etc.

      "(Not Answered)"



Question 22SupportiveToolProvider
Do you know of a tool provider who might support such a public
effort, hosted on our site?

      Candidate provider:  (Not Answered)



Question 30StdOntologyLanguages
Which ontology languages (knowledge representation languages) should
be the standard(s) for the ontologies?
(Some examples: Ontolingua/KIF, Common Logic, OKBC, CycL, RDF/S,
DAML+OIL, OWL, etc.)

      "this is a tough one. Horses for course. One philosophy is to pick one that has maximal expressive power, and then it can be translated losslessly to less expressive languages. This is kind of teh Ontolingua approach. Trouble is, it is hard to write good translaters that give good enough results to be useful.  Many who have tried to use Ontolingua translators end up deciding it is easier/faster to translate manually, for various reasons. If you start with a less expressive one, then it may be more problematic.  Other considerations are: the most widely used one? OWL from W3C might be a good candidate for this."



Question 40AdditionalComments
Additional Comments?

      "(Not Answered)"



Question 50MyEmail


      My E-mail address is:  michael.f.uschold@boeing.com