Hi Mike, If you are trying to create hybrid representations based on existing resources, you may want to consider extracting subsets from those resources. One tool that may be useful to do so is OntoFox, at http://ontofox.hegroup.org. It currently only support OBO ontologies (as in http://obofoundry.org), but it shouldn't be hard to change the endpoint address in the code to point to wherever your files are located. Another module extractor is at http://owl.cs.manchester.ac.uk/modularity/, though it didn't always work for me in the past.
To manipulate OWL files I have been using Protege - http://protege.stanford.edu. You could either merge all the files above in one file and open it and edit, or you could keep them as distinct files and import them in your own ontology. Advantage of the latter is that you would be able to easily update information from external resources if it is changing. All those tools rely on the OWLAPI, http://owlapi.sourceforge.net, which is a good place to look at if you ever want to write your own code. Cheers, Melanie On 2012-10-16, at 4:50 PM, Mike Liebhold wrote: > Hello, > > A colleague and I are beginning a project to investigate the roles of > Internets of Things in Smart Cities. We are finding pretty decent ontologies > in both domains, and want to create some hybrid representations.Neither of us > are deeply skilled in SemWeb data structures, but are looking fro some simple > tools to get started editing existing structures. My colleague (Scott > Minneman cc'd here) is asking if anyone here recommend a good, basic OWL > editor/viewer or other related simple tools to get started? > > Many thanks, in advance. for any pointers. > > Mike > > Michael Liebhold > Senior Researcher, Distinguished Fellow > Institute for the Future > @mikeliebhold @iftf > > > > --- Mélanie Courtot MSFHR/PCIRN Ph.D. Candidate, BCCRC - Terry Fox Laboratory - 12th floor 675 West 10th Avenue Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada
