Conceptology: Using Concept Map for Knowledge Representation and Ontology Construction

Tools on using concept map for knowledge representation, ontology for domain rule generation and conversion from concept map to ontology are invented over recent years. Some focus on graphical representation, such as concept map, of domain knowledge for better user understanding, while others introduce rules that concept map fails to represent to extend the contents of generated ontology. To combine both advantages, a tool Conceptology is presented. In the context of MVB (Multifunction Vehicle Bus) standard domain, a group of generation rules from enriched concept map to OWL (Web Ontology Language) are presented, and Conceptology offers implementation of proposed rules to support graphical representation of MVB domain knowledge and conversion from concept map to OWL. Two Conceptology application cases from MVB standards are demonstrated.