Analysis of the OWL ontologies: A survey

Scientific Research and Essays

Volumn 6, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 4318-4329

  García Peñalvo, Francisco José ^a   García, Juan ^a   Therón, Roberto ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALAMANCA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Ontology construction support tools; Ontology metrics; Ontology visualization; Web ontology language; Web ontology language vismod

Indexed keywords

EID: 80053088999     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19922248     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/sre11.1036     Document Type: Article

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