Comments on: Ontology versions: just a thought… (and a script) http://www.leibnizcenter.org/~hoekstra/wordpress/2006/08/10/ontology-versions-just-a-thought/ ... to grab defeat from the jaws of victory! Mon, 20 Oct 2008 08:38:45 +0200 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Kasper http://www.leibnizcenter.org/~hoekstra/wordpress/2006/08/10/ontology-versions-just-a-thought/comment-page-1/#comment-5 Kasper Thu, 10 Aug 2006 11:47:37 +0000 http://www.leibnizcenter.org/users/rinke/2006/08/10/ontology-versions-just-a-thought/#comment-5 I like the idea of using a specialised diff and merge for version management of OWL documents. Since some editors have a tendency to serialise the document differently each time. A problem with the OWL diff of Denny Vrandecic is that it only returns the axioms missing in the other ontology. In the context of version management it only returns your local additions. OWL diff does not return axioms others added to the repository nor axioms your deleted. A solution/hack might be to run OWL diff twice and combine the results. I like the idea of using a specialised diff and merge for version management of OWL documents. Since some editors have a tendency to serialise the document differently each time.

A problem with the OWL diff of Denny Vrandecic is that it only returns the axioms missing in the other ontology. In the context of version management it only returns your local additions. OWL diff does not return axioms others added to the repository nor axioms your deleted.

A solution/hack might be to run OWL diff twice and combine the results.

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