Essential Tools and Resources for Ontology Visualization and Exploration

·May 08, 2022 11:14 PM

This is from a friend - what tools do you suggest that a somewhat broad audience use to (a) visualize the ontology ( b) explore the ontology (c) update the ontology (d) build interfaces for ontology-enabled systems And (e) what resources would you suggest to read about best practices for interfaces to ontology-enabled systems And d and e are the most important to my friend

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Ann
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B is what I'm getting asked about most recently
Jeff L.
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I’m quite interested in these as well, and have been wondering if we should assemble some kind of (regularly maintained) wiki describing the options for each of the above.
Jeff L.
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Can your friend expand a bit on the sorts of use-cases they have in mind for the ontology-enabled system? For example, leveraging the ontology structure (“expert knowledge”) itself, or querying content that’s expressed in terms of the ontology, or…?
Donny W.
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“broad audience” is code to me for “of no particular use to any particular persona”, so I echo Jeff L.’s desire for a modicum of use-case resolution. Alternatively, I like his idea of a compendium that is indexed by principal use case / persona, so that a self-identified “broad audience” member can self-select for the kind of tool appropriate for them; even if they have difficulty articulating their use case, they may be able to say “that's not me” to a few categories and “a ha - that's me” to one or a few.
Donny W.
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For d and e, Tomasz P. has been working on open-source tooling such as https://github.com/hypermedia-app/shaperone and protocols such as Hydra. He spoke at KGC (slides from his talk: https://www.dropbox.com/s/px3auvw1pw44k3j/Tomasz%20Pluskiewicz%20KGC%202022%20Slides.pdf?dl=0)
Tomasz P.
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thanks for the shout-out. important to mention DASH, which is various extensions of SHACL. I apply it liberally to describe UIs and forms using shapes
Donny W.
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I know of several closed-source commercial solutions with annual licensing cost (separate from support) ranging from $3k USD to $100k USD (though some are available via e.g. AWS marketplace and so you can prorate per-hour at a premium rate relative to an annual license commitment), that promise and deliver a through e to varying degrees, but I don't know if your friend insists on open source or not.
Donny W.
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Deborah M. I'm curious - is “interfaces to ontology-enabled systems” a phrase your friend used? The vocabulary and phrasing someone uses is often key to identifying their needs.

Ann
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B is what I'm getting asked about most recently
Jeff L.
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I’m quite interested in these as well, and have been wondering if we should assemble some kind of (regularly maintained) wiki describing the options for each of the above.
Jeff L.
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Can your friend expand a bit on the sorts of use-cases they have in mind for the ontology-enabled system? For example, leveraging the ontology structure (“expert knowledge”) itself, or querying content that’s expressed in terms of the ontology, or…?
Donny W.
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“broad audience” is code to me for “of no particular use to any particular persona”, so I echo Jeff L.’s desire for a modicum of use-case resolution. Alternatively, I like his idea of a compendium that is indexed by principal use case / persona, so that a self-identified “broad audience” member can self-select for the kind of tool appropriate for them; even if they have difficulty articulating their use case, they may be able to say “that's not me” to a few categories and “a ha - that's me” to one or a few.
Donny W.
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For d and e, Tomasz P. has been working on open-source tooling such as https://github.com/hypermedia-app/shaperone and protocols such as Hydra. He spoke at KGC (slides from his talk: https://www.dropbox.com/s/px3auvw1pw44k3j/Tomasz%20Pluskiewicz%20KGC%202022%20Slides.pdf?dl=0)
Tomasz P.
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thanks for the shout-out. important to mention DASH, which is various extensions of SHACL. I apply it liberally to describe UIs and forms using shapes
Donny W.
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I know of several closed-source commercial solutions with annual licensing cost (separate from support) ranging from $3k USD to $100k USD (though some are available via e.g. AWS marketplace and so you can prorate per-hour at a premium rate relative to an annual license commitment), that promise and deliver a through e to varying degrees, but I don't know if your friend insists on open source or not.
Donny W.
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Deborah M. I'm curious - is “interfaces to ontology-enabled systems” a phrase your friend used? The vocabulary and phrasing someone uses is often key to identifying their needs.