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Model Driven Architecture and Ontology Development

By Dragan Gasevic , Dragan Djuric , Vladan Devedzic , Bran V. Selic

Book information

Publisher
Springer
Year
2006
ISBN
9783540321804, 3-540-32180-2
Open Library ID
OL18266643M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
6 MB (5881614 bytes)
Edition
1
Pages
315\315
Library
mexmat
Time added
2009-07-20 03:45:11

Description

Defining a formal domain ontology is generally considered a useful, not to say necessary step in almost every software project. This is because software deals with ideas rather than with self-evident physical artefacts. However, this development step is hardly ever done, as ontologies rely on well-defined and semantically powerful AI concepts such as description logics or rule-based systems, and most software engineers are largely unfamiliar with these.Gaevic and his co-authors try to fill this gap by covering the subject of MDA application for ontology development on the Semantic Web. Part I of their book describes existing technologies, tools, and standards like XML, RDF, OWL, MDA, and UML. Part II presents the first detailed description of OMGs new ODM (Ontology Definition Metamodel) initiative, a specification which is expected to be in the form of an OMG language like UML. Finally, Part III is dedicated to applications and practical aspects of developing ontologies using MDA-based languages. The book is supported by a website showing many ontologies, UML and other MDA-based models, and the transformations between them.

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