<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Graphol</span>: A Graphical Language for Ontology Modeling Equivalent to OWL 2
In this paper we study <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Graphol</span>, a fully graphical language inspired by standard formalisms for conceptual modeling, similar to the UML class diagram and the ER model, but equipped with formal semantics. We formally prove that <s...
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| author | Domenico Lembo Valerio Santarelli Domenico Fabio Savo Giuseppe De Giacomo |
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| description | In this paper we study <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Graphol</span>, a fully graphical language inspired by standard formalisms for conceptual modeling, similar to the UML class diagram and the ER model, but equipped with formal semantics. We formally prove that <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Graphol</span> is equivalent to OWL 2, i.e., it can capture every OWL 2 ontology and vice versa. We also present some usability studies indicating that <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Graphol</span> is suitable for quick adoption by conceptual modelers that are familiar with UML and ER. This is further testified by the adoption of <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Graphol</span> for ontology representation in several industrial projects. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-cd3e543e2f094be181bd0f388c8c90092023-11-24T01:15:17ZengMDPI AGFuture Internet1999-59032022-02-011437810.3390/fi14030078<span style="font-variant: small-caps">Graphol</span>: A Graphical Language for Ontology Modeling Equivalent to OWL 2Domenico Lembo0Valerio Santarelli1Domenico Fabio Savo2Giuseppe De Giacomo3Department of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Via Ariosto 25, 00185 Roma, ItalyOBDA Systems S.R.L., Via di Casal Boccone, 00137 Roma, ItalyDepartment of Management, Information and Production Engineering (DIGIP), Università degli Studi di Bergamo, Via A. Einstein 2, 24044 Dalmine, ItalyDepartment of Computer, Control and Management Engineering, Sapienza Università di Roma, Via Ariosto 25, 00185 Roma, ItalyIn this paper we study <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Graphol</span>, a fully graphical language inspired by standard formalisms for conceptual modeling, similar to the UML class diagram and the ER model, but equipped with formal semantics. We formally prove that <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Graphol</span> is equivalent to OWL 2, i.e., it can capture every OWL 2 ontology and vice versa. We also present some usability studies indicating that <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Graphol</span> is suitable for quick adoption by conceptual modelers that are familiar with UML and ER. This is further testified by the adoption of <span style="font-variant: small-caps;">Graphol</span> for ontology representation in several industrial projects.https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/14/3/78ontology and conceptual modelingOWLdescription logicsgraphical modeling languages |
| spellingShingle | Domenico Lembo Valerio Santarelli Domenico Fabio Savo Giuseppe De Giacomo <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Graphol</span>: A Graphical Language for Ontology Modeling Equivalent to OWL 2 Future Internet ontology and conceptual modeling OWL description logics graphical modeling languages |
| title | <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Graphol</span>: A Graphical Language for Ontology Modeling Equivalent to OWL 2 |
| title_full | <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Graphol</span>: A Graphical Language for Ontology Modeling Equivalent to OWL 2 |
| title_fullStr | <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Graphol</span>: A Graphical Language for Ontology Modeling Equivalent to OWL 2 |
| title_full_unstemmed | <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Graphol</span>: A Graphical Language for Ontology Modeling Equivalent to OWL 2 |
| title_short | <span style="font-variant: small-caps">Graphol</span>: A Graphical Language for Ontology Modeling Equivalent to OWL 2 |
| title_sort | span style font variant small caps graphol span a graphical language for ontology modeling equivalent to owl 2 |
| topic | ontology and conceptual modeling OWL description logics graphical modeling languages |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-5903/14/3/78 |
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