From ontology to semantic wiki – designing annotation and browse interfaces for given ontologies

Abstract

We describe a mapping from any given ontology to an editable interface specification for semantic wikis. This enables quick start-up of distributed data-sharing systems for given knowledge domains. We implement this approach in Fresnel Forms, a Protégé ontology editor plugin. Fresnel Forms processes any ontology into triples conforming to the Fresnel vocabulary for semantic browser displays. This output format also extends Fresnel with specifications for form-based semantic annotation interfaces. A GUI interface allows editing of this style. Finally, Fresnel Forms exports this interface specification to wikis built with MediaWiki and its extensions Semantic MediaWiki and Semantic Forms. This work demonstrates Fresnel Forms by creating a wiki that replicates Wikipedia infobox displays and directly exports the triples that DBpedia indirectly derives from them. Forms assist valid user entry of this data with features such as autocompletion. This unifies infobox displays with DBpedia triples while adding assistive data entry in a unified collaborative space.