OntoManager - A System for the Usage-Based Ontology Management

In this paper, we propose an approach for guiding ontology managers through the modification of an ontology with respect to users' needs. It is based on the analysis of end-users' interactions with the ontologybased applications, which are tracked into the usagelog. We proposed two types of the analyses: the ontology evolution and the instance crawling, which lead to the improvement of the structure of the ontology and the expansion of the knowledge base, respectively. The approach has been implemented in the system called OntoManager. We present here the conceptual architecture of OntoManager.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2003
• Where: COOPIS
• Authors: Ljiljana Stojanovic, Nenad Stojanovic, Jorge Gonzalez, Rudi Studer
• Keywords: COOPIS 2003, Information System, Ontology, Ontology Evolution, Ontology Managers