Towntology Software Tool: A tool for the development of urban planning ontologies Context Architecture Principles Knowledge model Demo Perspectives
Context Why a tool for urban planning ontologies? The Towntology project
Towntology tool architecture Java Virtual Machine Back-end Towntology APIs Client Applications File-based XML sources General Configuration Concept DefinitionImage Browser System Monitor Ontology Browser (Quering) Ontology Edition Towntology PortalTowntology BrowserTowntology Editor
Principles of Towntology Visual presentation Semantic network Multiple definitions Trackability of definitions Update of the definitions Photos and illustrations of concepts
Towntology Knowledge model Based on an extension of XML TOWNTOLOGYHEADBODY RELATION_TYPESDOMAINSCONCEPTSRELATIONS RELATION_TYPE text PROPERTIESRELATION_NAMERELATION_DEFDOMAIN text DOMAIN_NAMEDOMAIN_DEFCONCEPT text MULTIMEDIACONCEPT_NAMECONCEPT_DEFSTERMSCONCEPT_DOMAIN TERMSTERMtextCONCEPT_DEFSCONCEPT_DEF TITLEHEADLANGUAGE text CUSTODIAN text LAST_MODIF_DATE DATERELATION_TYPESRELATION_TYPEDOMAINSDOMAINCONCEPTSCONCEPT
XML specification CONCEPT_DEF text CONCEPT_DEF_SOURCECONCEPT_DEF_TEXT RESOURCE_SOURCEAUTHORtextREFtextMULTIMEDIARESOUCERESOURCEtext URLRESOURCE_SOURCERESOURCE_DESCRIPTIONCONCEPT_DEF_SOURCEAUTHORtextREFtextRELATIONCONCEPT_ORICONCEPT_DESTTYPEATTRIBUTESRELATIONSRELATION
XML extension for our ontology
Description of the concept
DEMO: Ontology Browser
Demo: Ontology Editor
Perspectives Support for collaborative development of ontologies : Townto-Groupware