Ontology Visualization Annotation Semantic Web DAML+OIL Ontology Storage Ontology-Based Retrieval
Issue Date:
2004
Publisher:
Institute of Information Theories and Applications FOI ITHEA
Abstract:
More and more researchers have realized that ontologies will play a critical role in the development of
the Semantic Web, the next generation Web in which content is not only consumable by humans, but also by
software agents. The development of tools to support ontology management including creation, visualization,
annotation, database storage, and retrieval is thus extremely important. We have developed ImageSpace, an
image ontology creation and annotation tool that features (1) full support for the standard web ontology language
DAML+OIL; (2) image ontology creation, visualization, image annotation and display in one integrated framework;
(3) ontology consistency assurance; and (4) storing ontologies and annotations in relational databases. It is
expected that the availability of such a tool will greatly facilitate the creation of image repositories as islands of the
Semantic Web.
