EKOSS - An Ontology-based Semantic Web System for Knowledge Sharing

Abstract

The EKOSS (Expert Knowledge Ontology-based Semantic Search) system has been developed for supporting the sharing, discovery, and integration of expert scientific knowledge using semantic web and AI technologies. The current EKOSS system supports two ontologies that are founded on description logics and implemented in OWL-DL: the SCINTENG ontology extending the Epistle Core Model and the SCINTHUMAN ontology extending the GALEN ontology. The EKOSS concept of providing a system for empowering domain experts to author their own A-Boxes describing their knowledge resources is described and details regarding the development of the SCINTHUMAN ontology for biosciences are discussed.