Data collection for benefit estimation of (multimedia) ontologies

INTRODUCTION

MOBEFIT (Multimedia Ontology BEneFIT) - a model for the benefit estimation of (multimedia) ontologies - is currently being developed at the Semantic Technology Institute (STI) at the University of Innsbruck. It aims at predicting the economic value of ontologies together with the application of a cost estimation model for ontologies called ONTOCOM.

The overall user satisfaction is a measurement for the effectiveness of a system. To make a statement about the user satisfaction the collection of real-world ontology engineering project data is necessary. The design of the model is part of the task T3.3 "Evaluation of the economics of multimedia ontologies" of the European project SALERO and will be continued in the project ACTIVE.

The model is presented in the following papers and deliverables:

Tobias Bürger "A Benefit Estimation Model for Ontologies" In: Proceedings of the 5th European Semantic Web Conference (ESWC), 01.06.-05.06. 2008, Teneriffe, Spain

Tobias Bürger and Elena Simperl "Measuring the Benefits of Ontologies" In: Proceedings of Ontology Content and Evaluation in Enterprise (OntoContent '08), Monterrey, Mexico, Nov 9 - 14, 2008, In conjunction with OnTheMove Federated Conferences (OTM'08)

Tobias Bürger, Christian Ammendola, and Elena Simperl "Evaluation of the Economics of Multimedia Ontologies and Integrated Prototype" SALERO Project Deliverable D3.1.4, 2008; available online

An important part of MOBEFIT is a taxonomy of facets of ontology based systems on which a questionnaire to survey users of ontologies or ontology based applications is based on.

Taxonomy of facets of ontology based systems

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Data collection for benefit estimation of (multimedia) ontologies - Questionaire

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