EVALUATION OF MODELS FOR COLLABORATION ON ONTOLOGY EDITING SOFTWARE

Abstract

This research aims to present the collaboration models of six softwares used for editing ontologies: MusicBrainz; OntoWiki; Semantic MediaWiki; Tainacan Ontology; WebProtégé and Wikidata, and verify that they address five questions, formulated by the authors, created from the Collaboration Model 3C, which covers communication, cooperation and coordination, and the particularities of Web 2.0, which benefits from collective intelligence and helps to connect people. The questions answered were: "Is there a discussion page or comment place?"; "Is there collaboration ranking?", "Allows sharing in social networks?", "Is there moderation approval?" And finally, "Is there democratic approval?". As a result, the software was classified based on the analysis of the resources that make up its collaboration models and, in general, it was verified that Tainacan Ontology stands out in the scope of these resources and that, in contrast, WebProtégé has a smaller number of tools. The software collaboration model is essential to promote interaction between users, so the more complete the better the service offered, so it is expected that these results will serve as a basis for upgrading existing software or creating new ones.