Motivation
Current ontology development processes rely on traditional KR-based ontology engineering methodologies. Tools based on these methodologies tend to have steep learning curves, being cumbersome and time consuming.

SWOOP is meant for rapid and easy development of OWL Ontologies.

Features
Web / Wiki-like look & feel: (see sample screenshots above)
Hyperlink based navigation with bookmarks and history.
Inline editing of ontologies with change tracking (version control)
Designed for OWL Rec.
Species validation
Uses Manchester OWL API
Presentation syntax tabs
Concise Format
Abstract Syntax (from OWL API)
RDF/XML (from BBN HyperDAML)
Turtle/N3
(plug-in architecture for new tabs)
Multiple Ontology Support
Browsing, Mapping, Comparison