Table 2

Methodological proposal for ontology evaluation

Evaluation criteria
Extrinsic criteriaMeasurement of external qualitiesAnalysis of external quality (structure)
ApplicationContext DesignEfficiency
Accessibility
Availability
Recoverability
Understandability/Clarity
DomainAdaptability
Precision
Relevance
Full Functionality
Timeliness/ConvenienceRelevance or Currentness
Volatility
CredibilityHistory
Authority
Intrinsic criteriaIntrinsic domain featuresVocabulary semanticsConciseness
Architecture designCoverage
 External Consistency
 Comprehensibility
Intrinsic structural qualitiesSyntaxRegulatory compliance
HierarchyComplexity
Architecture designInternal consistency
Modularity

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