An ontology-based and cooperative annotation system

Abstract

The Semantic Web is charming but not easy to realize, since one of the prerequisite steps is to create semantic and precise data adhere to traditional web pages. We provide an annotation system ConAnnotator, which is an ontology-based annotation system and allows cooperative working. It aims at supporting the annotation process as well as the evolvement of the ontology. By semi-automatically creating ontology-based annotations and managing the statistic information about the annotation history, it facilitates the annotation process, makes the annotated documents connected to the ontology and further constructs the Semantic Web, and ultimately helps the users to evolve the ontology itself.