Selected results of a comparative study of four ontology visualization methods for information retrieval tasks

TitleSelected results of a comparative study of four ontology visualization methods for information retrieval tasks
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2008
AuthorsKatifori A, Torou E, Vassilakis C, Lepouras G, Halatsis C.
Conference NameProceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Research Challenges in Information Science, RCIS 2008
Date Published6
KeywordsCommunication, Comparative studies, Information management, Information retrieval, Information science, Information services, Information theory, Management, Management information systems, Ontology, Ontology managements, Personal Information managements, Semantic Web, Telecommunication services, User groups, User interfaces, Visualization, visualization methods
AbstractThe need for effective ontology visualization for design, management and browsing has arisen as a result of the progress in the areas of Semantic Web and Personal Information Management. There are several ontology visualizations available through existing ontology management tools, but not as many evaluations to determine their advantages and disadvantages and their suitability for various ontologies and user groups. This work presents selected results of an evaluation of four visualization methods in ProtΓ©gΓ©.
URLhttp://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?eid=2-s2.0-57349172797&partnerID=40&md5=1f36a9a0febecb929cd7904c84004143
DOI10.1109/RCIS.2008.4632101