Ontology ranking based on the analysis of concept structures

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Characterizing the Semantic Web on the Web

“…Semantic Web documents that define or contribute to the definition of classes and properties. Most [13,14] employ content analysis on ontologies with various foci, such as building a comprehensive evaluation framework [15], qualifying concept consistency [16,17], quantifying the graph structure of class and property taxonomy hierarchy [18][19][20][21], and measuring the structure and the instance space of a given ontology [22]. These studies have been limited in two ways.…”

Evaluating Semantic Relations by Exploring Ontologies on the Semantic Web

“…For example, in the case of a relation that is derived from paths of different lengths, we can conclude that the ontology which leads to the shorter path is more concise (less detailed) than the one which leads to a longer derivation path. While valuable, such estimations of conceptual complexity have been difficult to capture with current ontology evaluation measures such as those described in [1].…”

“…Finally, recent years have seen an evolution of Semantic Web technologies, which lead both to an increased number of online ontologies and to a set of mature technologies for accessing them 1 . These changes have facilitated the appearance of a new generation of applications which are based on the paradigm of reusing this online knowledge [6].…”

Ontologies in Process Systems Engineering

“…Ontology development involves a large amount of time and effort, requiring a deep understanding of the domain [63]. Typically, domain ontologies are developed in an ad-hoc fashion, without sound explanations of the class structure.…”