- From: jack <jack@ai.nkfust.edu.tw>
- Date: Tue, 08 Oct 2002 12:12:36 +0800
- To: "John F. Sowa" <sowa@bestweb.net>
- CC: Alexander Maedche <Maedche@fzi.de>, www-rdf-logic@w3.org, www-rdf-interest@w3.org, www-webont-wg@w3.org, seweb-list@cs.vu.nl, kaw@swi.psy.uva.nl
I agree with you. If there is no common tool to build ontology, how do we build a common ontology? Jack "John F. Sowa" wrote: > > I looked at the KAON web site and some of the material there, > and I am happy that it is an open-source project based on Java. > But I had a question about why KAON is independent from other > open-source, Java-based projects for ontology editing and > development. > > I don't want to start an argument about why one system might be > better or worse than another, especially since I am not at the > moment using any of them. But since I am working with ontologies, > I would like to consider using some such system and/or recommending > it to my colleagues. I would like to know why there are so many > systems available that are being developed independently by different > groups. > > For example, the Protege project at Stanford is also an open-source > Java-based ontology editor and development platform: > > http://protege.stanford.edu/index.html > > I have also looked at that system, but I have not used it either. > But it is also available as an open-source project, and I have seen > demos and examples of other development platforms that are being > developed on top of various platforms, including Java. > > Why are all these groups working on independent tools for ontology > instead of collaborating to build common tools that everyone could > use? > > John Sowa
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