Investigating Tool Usage in Ontology Engineering: a Survey

Aiming at getting evidence about the use of tools to support OE, we conducted a survey with 74 ontology engineers. We investigated which tools have been used, their main characteristics, benefits and difficulties perceived when using them, and properties considered important in OE tools. The results indicate that tools have been widely adopted, but some issues, such as integration problems and scope limitations, still need to be addressed. This paper presents the survey, its results, and discusses the main findings.