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Exploration

Find ontologies with specific domain coverage	Yes
Find ontologies with specific domain coverage comments	Explanatory text using multiple lines. Here is another line and
Compare domain coverage across ontologies	No
Compare domain coverage across ontologies comments
Assess or characterize breadth of domain coverage of an ontology	No
Assess or characterize breadth of domain coverage of an ontology comments
Assess or characterize depth or detail of domain coverage of an ontology	No
Assess or characterize depth or detail of domain coverage of an ontology comments
Assess or characterize use considerations of ontology including licensing, training, cost, updating, software requirements, and security	No
Assess or characterize use considerations of ontology including licensing, training, cost, updating, software requirements, and security comments
Assess complexity of concept definitions (necessary and sufficient properties) and use of axioms	No
Assess complexity of concept definitions (necessary and sufficient properties) and use of axioms comments
Identify number and ratio of concepts, relations, and subclassing	No
Identify number and ratio of concepts, relations, and subclassing comments
Identify frequency of use of ontology language features in an ontology	No
Identify frequency of use of ontology language features in an ontology comments
Identify age and use statistics of an ontology and its versions	Yes
Identify age and use statistics of an ontology and its versions comments
Assess the inferencing power of an ontology	No
Assess the inferencing power of an ontology comments
Rate ontologies on their popularity or review feedback	No
Rate ontologies on their popularity or review feedback comments
Other ontology quality and fitness support for exploration phase (describe capability)

Management

Distinguish between conceptual and operational ontologies and objectives	Yes
Distinguish between conceptual and operational ontologies and objectives comments
Generate ontology application and performance requirements	No
Generate ontology application and performance requirements comments
Organize and track the life cycle requirements and progression of an ontology	No
Organize and track the life cycle requirements and progression of an ontology comments
Organize and maintain a collection of related ontologies and ontology modules	No
Organize and maintain a collection of related ontologies and ontology modules comments
Provide statistics on ontology versioning and use	Yes
Provide statistics on ontology versioning and use comments
Guide ontology development per a quality assurance methodology	No
Guide ontology development per a quality assurance methodology comments
Assess the reusability of a planned ontology	No
Assess the reusability of a planned ontology comments
Other ontology quality and fitness support for management phase (describe capability)

Design

Does SurveyTest guide formulation of ontology requirements?
Guide formulation of domain scope and detail requirements	No
Guide formulation of domain scope and detail requirements comments
Guide formulation of goodness of design requirements	No
Guide formulation of goodness of design requirements comments
Guide formulation of data and information requirements	No
Guide formulation of data and information requirements comments
Guide formulation of semantic and reasoning requirements	No
Guide formulation of semantic and reasoning requirements comments
Guide formulation of interface requirements	No
Guide formulation of interface requirements comments
Guide formulation of level of effort requirements	No
Guide formulation of level of effort requirements comments
Facilitate framing a set of competency questions exemplifying ontology objectives	No
Facilitate framing a set of competency questions exemplifying ontology objectives comments
Choose metaphysical methodology	No
Choose metaphysical methodology comments
Does SurveyTest allow one to choose an extant ontology for reuse?
Choose extant top ontology for reuse	No
Choose extant top ontology for reuse comments
Choose extant core ontologies for reuse	No
Choose extant core ontologies for reuse comments
Apply a style of ontological analysis to design	No
Apply a style of ontological analysis to design comments
Guide design to optimize normalization, factoring, and simplicity of ontology	No
Guide design to optimize normalization, factoring, and simplicity of ontology comments
Guide application of open world or closed world semantics	No
Guide application of open world or closed world semantics comments
Guide ontology design to achieve inferencing requirements	No
Guide ontology design to achieve inferencing requirements comments
Guide ontology design to achieve scalability requirements	No
Guide ontology design to achieve scalability requirements comments
Enable adjustable query and inference performance	No
Enable adjustable query and inference performance comments
Does SurveyTest offer design patterns based on current ontology or design context?
Offer application patterns based on current ontology or design context	No
Offer application patterns based on current ontology or design context comments
Offer ontology language patterns based on current ontology or design context	No
Offer ontology language patterns based on current ontology or design context comments
Offer methodology patterns based on current ontology or design context	No
Offer methodology patterns based on current ontology or design context comments
Offer other patterns based on current ontology or design context	No
Offer other patterns based on current ontology or design context comments
Integrate selected design patterns into an ontology design	No
Integrate selected design patterns into an ontology design comments
Assess correctness or performance of an ontology design	No
Assess correctness or performance of an ontology design comments
Guide and facilitate modularization of ontology	No
Guide and facilitate modularization of ontology comments
Guide ontology design for visualization	No
Guide ontology design for visualization comments
Other ontology quality and fitness support for design phase (describe capability)

Build

General Development

Does SurveyTest allow one to choose an ontology language?
Choose ontology language	No
Choose ontology language comments
Choose formal logic language	No
Choose formal logic language comments
Choose RDF support	No
Choose RDF support comments
Mix ontology languages	No
Mix ontology languages comments
Generate ontology code from requirements specification	No
Generate ontology code from requirements specification comments
Generate or enforce selected design patterns in ontology code	No
Generate or enforce selected design patterns in ontology code comments
Feedback on consistency of granularity and regularity of domain ontology structure	No
Feedback on consistency of granularity and regularity of domain ontology structure comments
Manage lexical naming and annotation of ontology elements	No
Manage lexical naming and annotation of ontology elements comments
Ensure proper use and coding of RDF and Web resources	No
Ensure proper use and coding of RDF and Web resources comments
Enforce proper use and coding of URIs	No
Enforce proper use and coding of URIs comments
Produce the current terminological inferences of an ontology	No
Produce the current terminological inferences of an ontology comments
Optimize query and inference performance	No
Optimize query and inference performance comments
Detect violations of domain, referential, or semantic integrity	No
Detect violations of domain, referential, or semantic integrity comments
Overall, detect and correct coding errors or inconsistencies	No
Overall, detect and correct coding errors or inconsistencies comments
Other ontology quality and fitness support for build phase (describe capability)

Concept Development

Ensure proper separation and coding of concepts and facts	No
Ensure proper separation and coding of concepts and facts comments
Ensure kind-of nature and consistency of subclassing	No
Ensure kind-of nature and consistency of subclassing comments
Guide subclass versus class individual determinations	No
Guide subclass versus class individual determinations comments
Monitor depth of subclassing consistency across a domain ontology	No
Monitor depth of subclassing consistency across a domain ontology comments
Generate prototypical instances (individuals) to help verify class intent and class subsumption	No
Generate prototypical instances (individuals) to help verify class intent and class subsumption comments
Detect and guide use of multiple inheritance	No
Detect and guide use of multiple inheritance comments
Guide use of disjointness axioms	No
Guide use of disjointness axioms comments
Guide use of necessary and sufficient properties in concept definitions	No
Guide use of necessary and sufficient properties in concept definitions comments
Guide use of existential versus universal quantification in class restrictions	No
Guide use of existential versus universal quantification in class restrictions comments
Enforce proper use of conjunctions versus disjunctions	No
Enforce proper use of conjunctions versus disjunctions comments

Relationship Development

Ensure proper use and coding of relations	No
Ensure proper use and coding of relations comments
Ensure proper use and coding of data types	No
Ensure proper use and coding of data types comments
Assess and enforce consistency and completeness of range and domain constraints	No
Assess and enforce consistency and completeness of range and domain constraints comments
Assess and enforce consistency and completeness of inverse relations	No
Assess and enforce consistency and completeness of inverse relations comments
Detect and guide use of multiple inheritance	No
Detect and guide use of multiple inheritance comments
Guide use of disjointness axioms	No
Guide use of disjointness axioms comments
Ensure proper use and coding of transitive relations	No
Ensure proper use and coding of transitive relations comments

Validation

Verify that ontology requirements are met	No
Verify that ontology requirements are met comments
Can SurveyTest assess query performance?
Assess query precision and recall performance	No
Assess query precision and recall performance comments
Assess query time performance	No
Assess query time performance comments
Can SurveyTest assess inference performance?
Assess inferencing time performance	No
Assess inferencing time performance comments
Assess inferencing completeness performance	No
Assess inferencing completeness performance comments
Generate characteristic queries and tests	No
Generate characteristic queries and tests comments
Accept validation test sets or inputs	No
Accept validation test sets or inputs comments
Can SurveyTest assure computability of ontology?
Assure semantically adequate computability of ontology
Assure semantically adequate computability of ontology comments
Assure mathematically complete computability of ontology
Assure mathematically complete computability of ontology comments
Verify that two ontologies are interoperable	No
Verify that two ontologies are interoperable comments
Validate the intended functionality of software using the ontology	No
Validate the intended functionality of software using the ontology comments
Validate instance data conforming to an ontology	No
Validate instance data conforming to an ontology comments
Assess accuracy, correctness, and completeness of ontology terminological content	No
Assess accuracy, correctness, and completeness of ontology terminological content comments
Guide or adjust ontology in accord with validation results	No
Guide or adjust ontology in accord with validation results comments
Other ontology quality and fitness support for validation phase (describe capability)

Integration and Use

Export ontology in different languages	No
Export ontology in different languages comments
Integrate ontology with other ontologies	No
Integrate ontology with other ontologies comments
Integrate ontology with other information system resources	No
Integrate ontology with other information system resources comments
Assess or track user experience with ontology	No
Assess or track user experience with ontology comments
Enable user to modify or extend ontology to address deficiencies	No
Enable user to modify or extend ontology to address deficiencies comments
Create mappings from ontologies to and from data and data sources	No
Create mappings from ontologies to and from data and data sources comments
Other ontology quality and fitness support for integration and use phase (describe capability)

Maintenance

Promote reuse of ontology	No
Promote reuse of ontology comments
Capture ontology errors during use	No
Capture ontology errors during use comments
Profile use of ontology elements during use	No
Profile use of ontology elements during use comments
Compare and map between ontologies	No
Compare and map between ontologies comments
Track ontology changes and control versions	Yes
Track ontology changes and control versions comments
Other ontology quality and fitness support for maintenance phase (describe capability)