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January 1, 2024
Conference Paper
Title

OntoEditor: Real-Time Collaboration via Distributed Version Control for Ontology Development

Abstract
In today’s remote work environment, the demand for real-time collaborative tools has surged. Our research targets efficient collaboration among knowledge engineers and domain experts in Ontology development. We developed a web-based tool for real-time collaboration, compatible with GitLab, GitHub, and Bitbucket. To tackle the challenge of concurrent modifications leading to potential inconsistencies, we integrated an Operational Transformation-based real-time database. This integration enables multiple users to concurrently collaborate to build and edit their ontologies, ensuring both consistency and atomicity. Furthermore, our tool enhances user experience by providing meaningful syntax error messages for ontologies expressed in various RDF serialization formats. This streamlined the manual correction process. Additionally, we established a reliable synchronization channel for users to allow pulling and committing changes to distributed repositories for their developed ontologies. Yielding promising results, our evaluation focused on two key aspects: first, assessing the tool’s collaborative editing consistency via an automated typing script; second, conducting a comprehensive user study to evaluate its features and compare its functionalities with similar tools.
Author(s)
Hemid, Ahmad  
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT  
Shabbir, Waleed
Fraunhofer-Institut für Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme IAIS  
Khiat, Abderrahmane  
Fraunhofer-Institut für Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme IAIS  
Lange-Bever, Christoph  orcid-logo
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT  
Quix, Christoph  
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT  
Decker, Stefan  
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT  
Mainwork
The Semantic Web. 21st International Conference, ESWC 2024. Proceedings. Pt.I  
Conference
European Semantic Web Conference 2024  
DOI
10.1007/978-3-031-60626-7_18
Language
English
Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Informationstechnik FIT  
Fraunhofer-Institut für Intelligente Analyse- und Informationssysteme IAIS  
Keyword(s)
  • Error detection

  • Git integration

  • Ontology development

  • RDF serialization

  • Real-time collaboration

  • Syntax validation

  • Version Control Systems

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