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Towards a Quality Model for Semantic Technologies
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Abstract
Semantic technologies have become widely adopted in the last years. However, in order to correctly evaluate them we need to ground evaluations in a common quality model. This paper presents some first steps towards the definition of such quality model for semantic technologies. First, some well-known software quality models are described, together with methods for extending them. Afterwards, a quality model for semantic technologies is defined by extending the ISO 9126 quality model.
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Quality Model Software Quality Ontology Language Semantic Technology Execution Error
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