PROTON (PROTo ONtology)
PROTON (PROTo ONtology) is a lightweight upper-level ontology serving as a foundational modeling basis for semantic web applications. It provides a modular framework with approximately 542 entity classes and 183 properties, covering named entities, temporal concepts, quantitative domains, and abstract concepts. Designed for information extraction, semantic annotation, knowledge management, and linked data integration.
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