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Puns in the Web Ontology Language (OWL): Why We Need Them and How to Use Them
The reasons that puns are needed in the Web Ontology Language (OWL) and some discussion of how to use them

Michael DeBellis
Nov 21, 20238 min read
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Creating a Custom Rules View Tab
Note: There was a problem with the link to the PDF for the tutorial below. It worked for me because I owned the file but for others since...

Michael DeBellis
Aug 28, 20232 min read
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New Version of Protégé!
New version of Protégé rocks!

Michael DeBellis
Feb 28, 20232 min read
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Using SKOS to Define Mappings
Describes ways to use the Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS) to define mappings from one Concept Scheme to another.

Michael DeBellis
Jan 10, 20236 min read
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Synonyms, IRIs, and Labels in OWL and SKOS
Basic concepts related to synonyms in the Web Ontology Language (OWL), Simple Knowledge Organization System (SKOS), and Protégé.

Michael DeBellis
Jan 10, 20236 min read
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IRI Mappings in Protégé and Web Protégé
When you load an ontology from Desktop Protégé to Web Protégé defaults related to IRIs aren't what you would expect. Tells how to set them.

Michael DeBellis
Dec 22, 20224 min read
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UN Sustainable Development Goals Ontology
Case study of how Cellfie and SPARQL can automate developing an ontology to model the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Michael DeBellis
Nov 17, 20223 min read
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Knowledge Representation and the Semantic Web
I recently wrote a paper with Robert Neches who used to be my boss at the Information Sciences Institute (ISI). When I work with...

Michael DeBellis
May 5, 20221 min read
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Making UUIDs Easier to Use With Prefixes
In a previous blog post I discussed the difference between user supplied names for IRIs and UUIDs. I want to share a tip that Jim Balhoff...

Michael DeBellis
Jan 4, 20222 min read
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Using SPARQL to Refactor User Names to UUIDs
Use SPARQL to convert user supplied IRI names to UUIDs

Michael DeBellis
Dec 1, 20213 min read
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New Protégé Pizza Tutorial
New version of the Pizza Tutorial for Protégé. Consistent with latest Protégé UI and new sections for SWRL, SPARQL, and SHACL.

Michael DeBellis
Sep 30, 20213 min read
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Semtech 2021 Workshop
Presentations from the Semtech 2021 Semantic Web workshop held at the Indian Statistical Institute.

Michael DeBellis
Apr 26, 20211 min read
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A Simple Measurement Vocabulary
Simple Web Ontology Language (OWL) vocabulary for measurements in units. Uses SWRL to compute orders and to transform units.

Michael DeBellis
Feb 3, 20214 min read
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What's in a Name? IRIs, Labels, and UUIDs
In Protégé and OWL an entity name can refer to the last part of the IRI or the label

Michael DeBellis
Dec 7, 20204 min read
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