A Visual Rule Generation Tool for SWRL
The number of applications relying on representing knowledge through ontologies and interactions through rules has grown significantly in the past years. The knowledge acquisition needed for ontology engineering requires input from domain experts, which can lack computing and knowledge modeling skills. In this paper, we present a generic visual programming tool for generating SWRL rules for OWL ontologies. The developed web application allows ontology developers and domain experts alike to easily create SWRL rules. By interacting with a simple graphical user interface, the users can specify the antecedents and consequents of SWRL rules by combining ontology entities and applying restrictions on them. Different control features, such as implicit variable handling, are implemented, which only enables rule creation options that maintain the correct SWRL syntax and maintain correct semantics. Consistency is ensured by allowing the users to review the generated rules and their effects before actually applying them to the ontology.
RuleML+RR