Title: TOWARDS THE USE OF A COMPUTING ONTOLOGY: A CURRICULA MANAGEMENT SYSTEM PROPOSAL

Issue Number: Vol. 1, No. 1
Year of Publication: 2011
Page Numbers: 94-108
Authors: Adelina Tang
Journal Name: International Journal of Digital Information and Wireless Communications (IJDIWC)
- Hong Kong

Abstract:


Semantic Web components are proposed to develop a Computing Curricula Management System. Such a system is envisaged to alleviate the labour-intensive and time-consuming activities that are involved in curricula development, maintenance and management. Emphasis is placed on the outcomes-based approach to curricula development. An ontology is used as a knowledge source that can be used to interact with a curricula wiki facility through ontological agents. The ontology is created with the Protégé Ontology Editor, whereas the major features of the agents are designed according to the MAS-CommonKADS Agent Oriented Methodology. However, manipulation of the completed Computing Ontology is found to be limited. As the ontology could be viewed as a Resource Description Framework document that is editable using OWL-DL, access and manipulation of the ontological objects and relationships could then be conducted through an Application Programming Interface that is yet to be developed. This article examines the potential of doing so and concludes with a discussion of the resulting contribution, limitation and future work.