There were basic features of ontology specification languages introduced in this article briefly. 13 important kinds of them were analysed and compared according to the framework formulated by Asunción Gómez-Pérez and Oscar Corcho, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid. The conclusion was: Loom, CycL and OWL were the better choices for users to mark up ontologies.
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