OWLAx: A Protege Plugin to Support Ontology Axiomatization through Diagramming

TL;DR

OWLAx is a Protege plugin that simplifies ontology axiomatization by providing a visual diagramming interface based on ontology design patterns, making the process more intuitive and less routine.

Contribution

It introduces a novel Protege plugin that integrates diagramming with axiomatization, enhancing ontology engineering workflows.

Findings

Improves efficiency of adding logical axioms

Supports ontology design pattern modeling visually

Integrates seamlessly with Protege

Abstract

Once the conceptual overview, in terms of a somewhat informal class diagram, has been designed in the course of engineering an ontology, the process of adding many of the appropriate logical axioms is mostly a routine task. We provide a Protege plugin which supports this task, together with a visual user interface, based on established methods for ontology design pattern modeling.