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INTRODUCTION
ONTOCOM is a cost estimation model for the area of Ontology
Engineering developed at the Free
University of Berlin in collaboration with the Institute AIFB (University of
Karlsruhe - TH). ONTOCOM is currently being advanced at STI Innsbruck . It aims at predicting the costs arising in typical
classes of ontology engineering processes such as ontology building,
ontology reuse or ontology maintenance.
The accuracy of the cost predictions of Ontology Engineering tasks calculated by means of ONTOCOM can be improved by the calibration of the model. This necessitates the collection of real-world ontology engineering project data. In STI Innsbruck we are accomplishing the calibration of the model for the evaluation of the efforts incurred for the creation of some ontologies and this survey serves for the collection of the required data.
ABOUT
THIS SURVEY
Developed in the tradition of Software Engineering, ONTOCOM uses a
parametric prediction equation which contains
product-, personnel and project management-related effort multipliers.
The effort multipliers are used to adjust the nominal effort to reflect
the
particularities of the ontology and of the underlying engineering
process. They are rated accordingly with values from Very Low to Very
High,
depending on their (positive or negative) impact on the nominal
development effort.
The survey, consisting of 39 questions, is divided into 4 parts:
- introductory questions (Questions 1 to 14)
- product-related questions (Questions 15 to 32)
- personnel-related questions (Questions 33 to 36)
- project-related questions (Questions 37 to 39)
For most of the questions you are required to specify the value of a
certain effort multiplier, i.e. to position your answer according to a
five-step rating scale. If a particular activity induces an increase of
the
nominal ontology development effort, then it should be rated with
values such as High and Very High. In contrast, if it causes a decrease
of
the nominal costs, then it should be rated with values such as Low and
Very Low. Finally, if the corresponding activity does not influence the
nominal costs it should be rated with Nominal. THIS APPLIES IN
PARTICULAR TO ACTIVITIES WHICH DO NOT APPLY TO YOUR PROJECT SETTING.
For each effort multiplier, we suggest decision criteria which could be
taken into consideration when assigning the corresponding ratings.
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Please provide a short description of the domain and purpose of the ontology:
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What language did you use for the implementation of the ontology? |
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What ontology engineering methodology did you use (if any)? |
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