Evaluation of the OQuaRE framework for ontology quality

The increasing importance of ontologies has resulted in the development of a large number of ontologies in both coordinated and non-coordinated efforts. The number and complexity of such ontologies make hard to ontology and tool developers to select which ontologies to use and reuse. So far, there a...

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Authors: Duque Ramos, Astrid, Fernández Breis, Jesualdo Tomás, Iniesta, Miguela, Dumontier, Michel, Egaña Aranguren, Mikel, Schulz, Stefan, Aussenac-Gilles, Nathalie, Stevens, Robert
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Publication Date:2012
Country:España
Institution:Universidad del País Vasco
Repository:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigación
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10810/74564
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Keyword:ontology quality
ontology evaluation
ontology engineering
software quality standard
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spelling Evaluation of the OQuaRE framework for ontology qualityDuque Ramos, AstridFernández Breis, Jesualdo TomásIniesta, MiguelaDumontier, MichelEgaña Aranguren, MikelSchulz, StefanAussenac-Gilles, NathalieStevens, Robertontology qualityontology evaluationontology engineeringsoftware quality standardThe increasing importance of ontologies has resulted in the development of a large number of ontologies in both coordinated and non-coordinated efforts. The number and complexity of such ontologies make hard to ontology and tool developers to select which ontologies to use and reuse. So far, there are no mechanism for making such decisions in an informed manner. Consequently, methods for evaluating ontology quality are required. OQuaRE is a method for ontology quality evaluation which adapts the SQuaRE standard for software product quality to ontologies. OQuaRE has been applied to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different ontologies but, so far, this framework has not been evaluated itself. Therefore, in this paper we present the evaluation of OQuaRE, performed by an international panel of experts in ontology engineering. The results include the positive and negative aspects of the current ver- sion of OQuaRE, the completeness and utility of the quality metrics included in OQuaRE and the compar- ison between the results of the manual evaluations done by the experts and the ones obtained by a software implementation of OQuaRE.This work has been possible thanks to the funding of the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation through Grant TIN2010-21388-C02-02 and co-funded by the FEDER Programme. Mikel Egaña Aranguren is funded by the Marie Curie Cofund programme (FP7).Elsevier202520252012info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10810/74564reponame:Addi. Archivo Digital para la Docencia y la Investigacióninstname:Universidad del País VascoInglésinfo:eu-repo/grantAgreement/MCIN/TIN2010-21388-C02-02/https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eswa.2012.11.004info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccesshttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/© 2012 Elsevier under CC BY-NC-ND licenseoai:addi.ehu.eus:10810/745642026-06-18T09:23:17Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Evaluation of the OQuaRE framework for ontology quality
title Evaluation of the OQuaRE framework for ontology quality
spellingShingle Evaluation of the OQuaRE framework for ontology quality
Duque Ramos, Astrid
ontology quality
ontology evaluation
ontology engineering
software quality standard
title_short Evaluation of the OQuaRE framework for ontology quality
title_full Evaluation of the OQuaRE framework for ontology quality
title_fullStr Evaluation of the OQuaRE framework for ontology quality
title_full_unstemmed Evaluation of the OQuaRE framework for ontology quality
title_sort Evaluation of the OQuaRE framework for ontology quality
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Duque Ramos, Astrid
Fernández Breis, Jesualdo Tomás
Iniesta, Miguela
Dumontier, Michel
Egaña Aranguren, Mikel
Schulz, Stefan
Aussenac-Gilles, Nathalie
Stevens, Robert
author Duque Ramos, Astrid
author_facet Duque Ramos, Astrid
Fernández Breis, Jesualdo Tomás
Iniesta, Miguela
Dumontier, Michel
Egaña Aranguren, Mikel
Schulz, Stefan
Aussenac-Gilles, Nathalie
Stevens, Robert
author_role author
author2 Fernández Breis, Jesualdo Tomás
Iniesta, Miguela
Dumontier, Michel
Egaña Aranguren, Mikel
Schulz, Stefan
Aussenac-Gilles, Nathalie
Stevens, Robert
author2_role author
author
author
author
author
author
author
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv ontology quality
ontology evaluation
ontology engineering
software quality standard
topic ontology quality
ontology evaluation
ontology engineering
software quality standard
description The increasing importance of ontologies has resulted in the development of a large number of ontologies in both coordinated and non-coordinated efforts. The number and complexity of such ontologies make hard to ontology and tool developers to select which ontologies to use and reuse. So far, there are no mechanism for making such decisions in an informed manner. Consequently, methods for evaluating ontology quality are required. OQuaRE is a method for ontology quality evaluation which adapts the SQuaRE standard for software product quality to ontologies. OQuaRE has been applied to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different ontologies but, so far, this framework has not been evaluated itself. Therefore, in this paper we present the evaluation of OQuaRE, performed by an international panel of experts in ontology engineering. The results include the positive and negative aspects of the current ver- sion of OQuaRE, the completeness and utility of the quality metrics included in OQuaRE and the compar- ison between the results of the manual evaluations done by the experts and the ones obtained by a software implementation of OQuaRE.
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