VSB: The Visual Semantic Browser

摘要

The Semantic Web not only covers ontology definitions, but also their relationships and instances. This paper describes an adaptable tool for the visualization of all these Semantic Web elements. The tool includes a set of interfaces to enable the inclusion of different visualization tools as plug-ins. Thus, it is divided into four views: ontology groups, ontology mappings, ontologies and instances. Some algorithms are included but we are planning to develop new ones to improve the tool capabilities. The tool has also been successfully applied to develop a graphical query interface that takes advantage of the ontology and instance levels.