Concept Maps for Early Ontology Development

Speaker: Csongor Nyulas, BMIR, Stanford University

References

• Rodrigo Rizzi Starr, José Maria Parente de Oliveira: Concept maps as the first step in an ontology construction method
• Alexander Garcia Castro, Philippe Rocca-Serra, Robert Stevens,Chris Taylor, Karim Nashar, Mark A Ragan and Susanna-Assunta Sansone: The use of concept maps during knowledge elicitation in ontologydevelopment processes – the nutrigenomics use case
• Thomas Eskridge, Pat Hayes, Robert Hoffman, Margaret Warren: Formalizing the Informal: A Confluence of Concept Mapping and the Semantic Web
• Alfredo Simón, Luigi Ceccaroni and Alejandro Rosete: Generation of OWL Ontologies from Concept Maps in Shallow Domains

Additional References

• Joseph D. Novak: The Theory Underlying Concept Maps and How to Construct and Use Them
• Ray McAleese: The Knowledge Arena as an Extension to the Concept Map: Reflection in Action
• Vita Graudina: OWL Ontology Transformation into Concept Map
• Mind Map: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_mapping
• Concept Maps vs. Mind Maps: http://mindmappingsoftwareblog.com/concept-maps-vs-mind-maps/
• Concept maps or mind maps? - The choice: http://www.informationtamers.com/WikIT/index.php?title=Concept_maps_or_mind_maps%3F_the_choice
• Life is Full of Tough Choices: Mindmap or Concept Map? http://sg-techlandscape.blogspot.com/2009/03/life-is-full-of-tough-choices-mindmap.html
• Ontology creation for the rest of us…: http://www.ihmc.us/groups/coe/
• CmapTools for concept mapping and OWL authoring: http://www.mikepadgett.com/technology/technical/cmaptools-for-concept-mapping-and-owl-authoring/

Slides can be downloaded below (file name is: Concept Maps for Early Ontology Development.pptx.zip).