Title: OntoAthena: an ontology for intelligent services in distance education

Authors: Lídia Martins Da Silva; Jorge Luis Victória Barbosa; Sandro José Rigo; Andrêsa Vargas Larentis; Emiliano Soares Monteiro

Addresses: Instituto Invest de Ciências e Tecnologia, Cuiabá, Mato Grosso, Brazil ' Applied Computing Graduate Program (PPGCA), UNISINOS, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ' Applied Computing Graduate Program (PPGCA), UNISINOS, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ' University of Vale do Rio dos Sinos - UNISINOS, São Leopoldo, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil ' Faculdade de Ciências Exatas e Tecnológicas Sistemas de Informação, UNEMAT, Centro, Sinop, Mato Grosso, Brazil

Abstract: This article proposes OntoAthena, an ontology to represent knowledge in the domain of intelligent services for e-learning. The purpose of the proposed ontology is to support educational practices and provide intelligent services, helping managers, teachers and students in the teaching and learning process. OntoAthena was specified through Ontology Development 101 and implemented in Protégé 5.5.0. The ontology has 22 classes, 70 sub-classes, 41 object properties and 30 data properties. Four competency questions were used for assessment. The results obtained demonstrated the correct classification of the instances in the OntoAthena. As scientific contribution, this study presents the first ontology to support intelligent services for e-learning.

Keywords: ontologies; smart services; distance learning.

DOI: 10.1504/IJMSO.2023.137178

International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies, 2023 Vol.16 No.3, pp.251 - 259

Received: 23 Feb 2023
Accepted: 08 Dec 2023
Published online: 04 Mar 2024 *

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