Ontology testing - methodology and tool

  • Authors:
  • Eva Blomqvist;Azam Seil Sepour;Valentina Presutti

  • Affiliations:
  • Linköping University, Sweden,Semantic Technologies Lab, ISTC-CNR, Italy;Jönköping University, Sweden;Semantic Technologies Lab, ISTC-CNR, Italy

  • Venue:
  • EKAW'12 Proceedings of the 18th international conference on Knowledge Engineering and Knowledge Management
  • Year:
  • 2012

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Abstract

Ontology engineering is lacking methods for verifying that ontological requirements are actually fulfilled by an ontology. There is a need for practical and detailed methodologies and tools for carrying out testing procedures and storing data about a test case and its execution. In this paper we first describe a methodology for conducting ontology testing, as well as three examples of this methodology for testing specific types of requirements. Next, we describe a tool that practically supports the methodology. We conclude that there is a need to support users in this crucial part of ontology engineering, and that our proposed methodology is a step in this direction.