Ethiopic Church Manuscript, Art and Music domain area is chosen so as to investigate and analyze issues surrounding the representation of Ethiopic concepts within the context of semantic web. Salient ontologies namely- manuscript, art, music, feast, time, date and number ontologies- are abstracted after careful scrutiny of related ontologies and usage of suitable ontology development methodology. Acquisition and digitization of representative data samples for classes of concepts and provision of a model for storage and retrieval of information related to the domain of interest, is also entertained. Furthermore, an experiment for evaluation of ontologies abstracted and model proposed is conducted by implementing a form-based semantic search engine and comparison of query results with that of keyword-based search engines. Initial results shows that the devised ontologies aloft the searching process in the domain area as well as unveil set aside issues, specific to Ethiopic concepts within the context of semantic web.

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Born in Addis Ababa, I get tangled with computers in the late years of my high school days. Web related technologies with the emphasis of searching in the context of culture and localization as well as safety and mission critical systems are salient interests for me. In leisure time, I spend my time with my Son Joel and my beautiful wife Rania.