Title of article :
Usability Evaluation of a Visual Modelling Tool for OWL Ontologies
Author/Authors :
Garcia, Juan University of Salamanca - Computer Science Department, Spain , García-Peñalvo, Francisco J. University of Salamanca - GRIAL Research Group - Computer Science Department Science Education Research Institute (IUCE), Spain , Therón, Roberto University of Salamanca - Computer Science Department, Spain , de Pablos, Patricia Ordoñez University of Oviedo - Faculty of Economics - Department of Business Administration and Accountability, Spain
Abstract :
Usability is generally regarded as ensuring that software products are effective and efficient to use from the user s perspective. Diverse aspects that ensure the usability of a software product should be assessed during the different phases in its life cycle. The goal of usability testing is to evaluate whether or not a tool that is being developed will be usable by the end user in order to achieve the tasks for which it is being designed. This paper is targeted at describing the evaluation and the usability of OWL-VisMod, a visual modelling tool for OWL ontologies, from the point of view of the human-computer interaction. This evaluation is based on a user-centred approach and the use of questionnaires. The whole usability evaluation process is described and the results are discussed
Keywords :
OWL ontologies , evaluating usability , modelling OWL , user , centred design
Journal title :
Journal of J.UCS (Journal of Universal Computer Science)
Journal title :
Journal of J.UCS (Journal of Universal Computer Science)
