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The quality of an ontology is an important factor that determines its utility. In order to assure its quality, in addition to form-based evaluation as to whether the ontology being constructed is written properly in terms of its form (syntax), content-based evaluation as to whether the ontology properly represents the target domain, whether the ontology actually serves for problem solving, etc. is also necessary. In this study, we investigate a framework for quality assurance of ontologies in Hozo, which is an environment for building/using ontologies that are being developed by the authors. As form-based evaluation, Hozo provides various assistance functions for properly editing an ontology in compliance with the rules. As contentbased evaluation, Hozo introduce a method for supporting ontology evaluation thorough conceptual maps which are generated according to the user’s viewpoint.
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Ohta, M., Kozaki, K., Mizoguchi, R. (2011). A Quality Assurance Framework for Ontology Construction and Refinement. In: Mugellini, E., Szczepaniak, P.S., Pettenati, M.C., Sokhn, M. (eds) Advances in Intelligent Web Mastering – 3. Advances in Intelligent and Soft Computing, vol 86. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-18029-3_21
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