Model driven engineering and ontology development

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, thisdevelopment 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. Gaševic and his co-authors try to fill this gap by covering the subject of model-drivenengineering 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 OMG's new ODM (Ontology Definition Metamodel) initiative, a specification which is expected to be in the form of an OMG language like UML. Explains in detail how to use standards like MDA and UML for ontology development First detailed description of OMG’s upcoming ODM (Ontology Definition Metamodel) standard Illustrated throughout with useful and easily digestible examples Completed by an additional website with further examples and teaching material INDICE: Part I: Basics - Knowledge Representation - Ontologies - The Semantic Web - Model Driven Engineering - Modeling Spaces. Part II: Model Driven Engineering and Ontologies - Software Engineering Approaches for Ontology Development - The MDA-Based Ontology Infrastructure - The Ontology Definition Metamodel (ODM) - The Ontology UML Profile - Mappings of MDA-Based Languages and Ontologies. Part III: Applications - Modeling Tools and Ontology Development - MDA-Based Ontology Platform: AIR - Examples of Ontologies - Beyond the Ontology Definition Metamodel: Applications.

• ISBN: 978-3-642-00281-6
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 350
• Fecha Publicación: 01/04/2009
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés