A Comparison of Ontology Languages: Focusing on W3C OWL and ISO Topic Maps

The purpose of this study is to describe major concepts related to W3C OWL and ISO Topic Maps and to provide the result of comparison and analysis regarding semantic expression power between two ontology languages. This paper is comprised of the following parts: 1) describing URI and namespace concepts that are fundamental building block of effective ontology construction; 2) offering detailed explanation of major Topic Map concepts such as topics, associations, and occurrences; 3) providing how to accomplish the second purpose of cataloging(grouping related items when displaying the search result) using Topic Map; and 4) finally explaining the difference between two ontology languages in terms of semantic expression power.

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Vol.15 No.2

A Comparison of Ontology Languages: Focusing on W3C OWL and ISO Topic Maps

Abstract

한국비블리아학회지