About

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WebOnto was developed as a Java applet integrated with a customised web server, enabling users to browse and edit knowledge models online. Initially part of the PatMan, HCREMA, and Enrich projects, it later became a public service and was utilised in the PlanetOnto and ScholOnto projects. The platform was designed to facilitate the sharing of ontologies on the web.

WebOnto at The Open University summaries and insights into a wide array of projects spanning the fields of Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics. Each project summary is crafted to provide an overview of objectives.

The 1998 paper below has 470 citations as this work was ahead of its time. Before the invention of wiki or crowd sites WebOnto allowed researchers to build ontologies (a key component of Google Search today) collaboratively over the web.

Publications

Domingue, J., Motta, E. and Corcho Garcia, O. (1999) Knowledge Modelling in WebOnto and OCML: A User Guide. Available in PDF or gzipped PDF.

Domingue, J. (1998) Tadzebao and WebOnto: Discussing, Browsing, and Editing Ontologies on the Web. 11th Knowledge Acquisition for Knowledge-Based Systems Workshop, April 18th-23rd. Banff, Canada.

Zdrahal, Z. and Domingue, J. (1997) The World Wide Design Lab: an Environment for Collaborative Distributed Design 11th International Conference on Engineering Design, August, 91-21 Tampere, Finland.