An Iterative and Incremental Approach for E-Learning Ontology Engineering

Authors

  • Sudath Rohitha Heiyanthuduwage Study Group Australia
  • D. D. Karunaratna University of Colombo School of Computing, 35, Reid Avenue, Colombo 7, Sri Lanka

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v4i1.696

Keywords:

ontology engineering, e-learning, methodology

Abstract


Abstract - There is a boost in the interest on ontology with the developments in Semantic Web technologies. Ontologies play a vital role in semantic web. Even though there is lot of work done on ontology, still a standard framework for ontology engineering has not been defined. Even though current ontology engineering methodologies are available they need improvements. The effort of our work is to integrate various methods, techniques, tools and etc to different stages of proposed ontology engineering life cycle to create a comprehensive framework for ontology engineering. Current methodologies discuss ontology engineering stages and collaborative environments with user collaboration. However, discussion on increasing effectiveness and correct inference has been given less attention. More over, these methodologies provide little discussion on usability of domain ontologies. We consider these aspects as more important in our work. Also, ontology engineering has been done for various domains and for various purposes. Our effort is to propose an iterative and incremental approach for ontology engineering especially for e-learning domain with the intention of achieving a higher usability and effectiveness of e-learning systems. This paper introduces different aspects of the proposed ontology engineering framework and evaluation of it.

Author Biography

Sudath Rohitha Heiyanthuduwage, Study Group Australia

Course Coordinator (Adjunct Lecturer, CSU) Martin Collage & CSU No: 63, Oxford Street, Darlinghurst, NSW 2010, Australia

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Published

2008-11-21

How to Cite

Heiyanthuduwage, S. R., & Karunaratna, D. D. (2008). An Iterative and Incremental Approach for E-Learning Ontology Engineering. International Journal of Emerging Technologies in Learning (iJET), 4(1), pp. 40–46. https://doi.org/10.3991/ijet.v4i1.696

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