OntoTrack: A semantic approach for ontology authoring

OntoTrack is an ontology authoring tool that combines a graph-based hierarchical layout and instant reasoning feedback within one single view. Currently OntoTrack can handle ontologies with an expressivity almost comparable to OWL Lite. The graphical representation provides an animated and zoomable subsumption graph with context sensitive features such as click-able miniature branches or selective detail views, together with drag-and-drop editing. Each editing step is instantly synchronised with an external reasoner in order to provide appropriate graphical feedback about relevant modelling consequences. A recent extention of OntoTrack provides an on-demand textual explanation for subsumption relationships between classes. This paper describes the key features of the current implementation and discusses future work, as well as some development issues. OntoTrack can be downloaded at http://www.informatik.uni-ulm.de/ki/ontotrack/.

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@Article{liebig05:_ontotrack, author = {Thorsten Liebig and Olaf Noppens}, title = {{\textsc{OntoTrack}: A semantic approach for ontology authoring}}, journal = {Journal of Web Semantics}, volume = 3, number = {2-3}, month = {October}, year = 2005, pages = {116--131}, }