Application of ontology modularization to human-web interface design for knowledge sharing

• Published in: Expert systems with applications Vol. 46; pp. 122 - 128
• Main Authors: Wang, Hai, Wang, Shouhong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 15.03.2016
• Subjects: Communities; Computer programs; Design engineering; Expert systems; Human-web interface design; Internet; Knowledge representation; Knowledge sharing; Modularization; Ontology; Ontology modularization; Semantic network; Semantics; Web portal; Knowledge sharing; Web portal; Human-web interface design; Ontology; Ontology modularization; Semantic network
• ISSN: 0957-4174; 1873-6793
• DOI: 10.1016/j.eswa.2015.10.027

•An ontology is an explicit semantic network instead of a hierarchy of concepts.•Ontology can be a tool for human-web interface design for knowledge sharing.•Modularization is a key subject of ontology for human-web interface design.•The usefulness of ontology modularization for human-web interface design is demonstrated. Ontology has received considerable attention in the semantic technology community. This paper discusses the roles of ontology modularization in human-web interface design for knowledge sharing. It stresses that ontology can support human-web interaction as a key component of knowledge sharing on the Internet. The paper proposes an approach of ontology modularization to navigating and searching web portals for the purposes of knowledge sharing. A case study of human-web interface design using ontology modularization for a commercial software web portal is used to illustrate the application of the proposed approach.