Evaluation of beef production and consumption ontology and presentation of its actual and potential applications

The paper concerns beef production and consumption ontology (OntoBeef) and its applications. It is presented the three-stage OntoBeef evaluation process with a special focus on description of interaction of ontologists with domain experts. We also describe Linked Open Data (LOD) philosophy and show how links between OntoBeef and four other ontologies were established. We also present the components of OntoBeef-driven information system, a technology used to its creation and its functionalities. In particular we describe thesaurus component of the information system incorporating LOD connections.