What is Protégé?
Protégé is a free, open-source ontology editor and framework for building intelligent systems developed by Stanford University. It provides a suite of tools to construct domain models and knowledge-based applications with ontologies. Protégé supports the Web Ontology Language (OWL), Resource Description Framework (RDF), and XML Schema data models.
Key features of Protégé include:
- An ontology editor for modeling ontologies and knowledge bases
- Customizable user interface to fit various knowledge engineering needs
- Supports multiple ontology formats including OWL, RDF(S), and XML Schema
- Reasoning tools to check for inconsistencies and infer logical consequences
- Plug-in architecture and Java-based Application Programming Interface (API) for extending functionality
- Collaborative environment for distributed development of ontologies
Protégé implements a rich set of knowledge-modeling structures and actions that support the creation, visualization, and manipulation of ontologies in various representation formats. The flexible and extensible architecture makes it a versatile platform for rapid prototyping of intelligent systems and building knowledge-based applications.