Swoop: A Web OntologyBrowser

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Swoop A Web (Ontology)Browser

• Bijan Parsia
• The MIND Lab
• University of Maryland, College Park

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Web Ontologies

• Web Ontologies describes Web resources
• Web Ontologies are Web resources
• So are their parts (classes, properties, etc.)
• They (can) have URIs, natural locations on the
  Web, be encoded in XML, etc.
• So Use a Web browser (like) interface
• Hyperlinks are the primary navigation mechanism

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Features

• Load and move among multiple ontologies
• Load from menu item, address bar, bookmarks, by
  importing, or by following a link
• Move between them by history, address bar, links,
  or the current active list
• View source
• See entities in a variety of formats (RDF/XML,
  Turtle, a specially designed view)
• Edit
• Create and edit ontologies with change logging
• Use pop up forms or edit the source directly

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Futures

• Debugging
• Already have support for simple explanations
• Improve analytical and experimental support
• Change management and sharing
• Change sets
• Publishing, manipulation, and application
• Annotation
• Annotea framework (extended)
• Web based collaboration

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Links

• Swoop
• http//www.mindswap.org/2004/SWOOP/
• Smore
• http//www.mindswap.org/2004/SMORE/
• Pellet
• http//www.mindswap.org/2003/pellet/
• Annotea
• http//www.w3.org/2001/Annotea/
• Inference Web
• http//iw.stanford.edu/