- From: Paola Di Maio <paoladimaio10@gmail.com>
- Date: Thu, 22 Oct 2020 15:42:08 +0800
- To: Uldis Bojars <captsolo@gmail.com>
- Cc: John Flynn <jflynn12@verizon.net>, SW-forum <semantic-web@w3.org>
- Message-ID: <CAMXe=SoNjwQnYeJExPxUD6cH8xiSpvp6u3pnRfm7GSKRNu9z9Q@mail.gmail.com>
Thank you John, Uldis John, thank you for the early work and hopefully someone will pick up the torch from you - perhaps you could point out differences between the two? <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 3:44 AM Uldis Bojars <captsolo@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > Another tool for visual representation of OWL ontologies is OwlGrEd: > http://owlgred.lumii.lv > > Here is an example of its visualizations: > http://owlgred.lumii.lv/online_visualization/koala.owl > > Best regards, > Uldis Bojars > > > > > On Tue, 20 Oct 2020 at 18:27, John <jflynn12@verizon.net> wrote: > >> Of course I am somewhat biased, but I developed the first visual >> representation of OWL (VisioOWL) (1) as a follow on to my development of >> VisioDAML (2). The DARPA Agent Markup Language (DAML) was the precursor to >> OWL. As the project manager for the DAML integration effort I had a >> difficult time explaining the concept of an ontology to potential user >> communities. I would attempt to use examples using the XML syntax to get >> the point across but that often didn’t work well. So I developed VisioDAML >> as a way to visually explain both the overall concept of ontologies and >> also to demonstrate specific domain ontologies to domain experts. When DAML >> morphed into OWL I modified VisioDAML into VisioOWL and it continued to >> help many understand the idea of ontologies. I also found that using >> VisioOWL to graphically represent a specific OWL ontology resulted in the >> discovery of errors in the original XML syntax. Mistakes that were hard to >> recognize in the XML syntax became obvious in the VisioOWL representation. >> I don’t have anything negative to say about VOWL. However, I do think >> VisioOWL is still the most faithful graphical representation of the XML >> syntax for an ontology and if development of features for VisioOWL had been >> continued past 2003, when I retired, it would be a better overall visual >> representation approach. >> >> >> >> John Flynn >> >> >> >> 1. https://sites.google.com/site/semanticsimulations2/visioowl >> 2. http://www.daml.org/visiodaml/ >> >> >> >> *From:* Paola Di Maio <paola.dimaio@gmail.com> >> *Sent:* Tuesday, October 20, 2020 1:25 AM >> *To:* SW-forum <semantic-web@w3.org> >> *Subject:* Fwd: visual OWL #invaluable >> >> >> >> Greetings >> >> I know, this list is now mostly used for announcements and rants but, was >> this beautiful >> >> visual OWL suite of apps, especially the web app announced here? >> >> >> >> http://vowl.visualdataweb.org/ >> >> >> >> If so, I may have missed it >> >> >> >> Just found it, and very nice (and easy on the brain) to visualize OWL via >> the browser >> >> Looks like the last release date is nov 19, which is very recent >> >> >> >> Thank you! >> >> >> >> just discovered visual OWL!! >> >> ontologies are easier to visualize for humans if there are visuals >> >> >> >> I especially like the web app which does not require any download >> >> >> >> http://vowl.visualdataweb.org/ >> >> >> >> (still trying to figure out how to import an owl file) >> >> >> >> Looks like very nice work >> >> >> >> #invaluable >> > <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> Virus-free. www.avast.com <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> <#DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2>
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