Table 1 Comparison of methodologies.

Description of stages

High-level description of stages

Detail is provided for those ontologies developed with this methodology

High-level description of stages

Stages are described for the chemical ontology

High level description

Terminology extraction

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

N/A

Generality

Not domain specific

Not domain specific

Not domain specific

Not domain specific

Not domain specific

Ontology evaluation

Competency questions

Competency questions and formal axioms

No evaluation method is provided

An informal evaluation method is used for the Chemical ontology

The community evaluates the ontology; agreement process

Distributed/decentralized

No

No

No

No

Yes

Usability

N/A

Business and foundational ontologies

N/A

Chemical ontology

N/A

Supporting software

N/A

N/A

N/A

WebODE

N/A