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Human Centered Design in Practice: A Case Study with the Ontology Visualization Tool Knoocks

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Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics. Theory and Applications (VISIGRAPP 2011)

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Ontologies make it possible to understand, analyze, exchange or share knowledge of a specific domain and therefore they are becoming popular in various communities. However, ontologies can be very complex and therefore visualizations can support users to understand the ontology easier. Moreover, graphical representations make ontologies with their structure more manageable. For an effective visualization, it is necessary to consider the domain for which the ontology is developed and its users with their needs and expectations. This paper presents the development process of Knoocks (Knowledge Blocks) - a visualization tool for OWL Lite ontologies - which was implemented with the help of the human centered design process. The presented case study underlies the importance of repeated usability evaluations during the development process to identify weak points of the design and missing features which are relevant for the intended users.

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  1. Faculty of Computer Science, University of Vienna, Rathausstraße 19, 1010, Vienna, Austria

    Simone Kriglstein

  2. Institute of Art and Technology, University of Applied Arts, Oskar Kokoschka Platz 2, 1010, Vienna, Austria

    Günter Wallner

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  1. Xerox Research Centre Europe, 6 ch. de Maupertuis, 38240, Meylan, France

    Gabriela Csurka

  2. Aalborg University, Niels Jernes Vej 14, 3-215A, 9220, Aalborg Ø, Denmark

    Martin Kraus

  3. Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia

    Leonid Mestetskiy

  4. LISA-ISTIA, Université d’Angers, 62, avenue Notre-Dame du Lac, 49000, Angers, France

    Paul Richard

  5. Departamento de Sistemas e Informática, Escola Superior de Tecnologia do IPS, Rua do Vale de Chaves Estefanilha, 2910, Setúbal, Portugal

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Kriglstein, S., Wallner, G. (2013). Human Centered Design in Practice: A Case Study with the Ontology Visualization Tool Knoocks. In: Csurka, G., Kraus, M., Mestetskiy, L., Richard, P., Braz, J. (eds) Computer Vision, Imaging and Computer Graphics. Theory and Applications. VISIGRAPP 2011. Communications in Computer and Information Science, vol 274. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-32350-8_8

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