Model driven engineering and ontology development

Vladan Deved¿ic, Dragan Djuric, Dragan Ga¿evic (auth.)9783642002816, 3642002811, 9783642002823, 364200282X

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.

Gaševic and his co-authors try to fill this gap by detailing how to use model-driven engineering 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. Finally, Part III is dedicated to applications and practical aspects of developing ontologies using MDA-based languages.

For this second edition, the descriptions of the related standards (like MOF, ODM, OCL, and OWL) have been revised and updated; new chapters introducing the basic principles of model-driven engineering, recent research results on metamodeling Semantic Web rule languages, an introduction to the Atlas Transformation Language (ATL) and its tool support, and, last but not least, many new examples have been added.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages i-xxi
Front Matter….Pages 1-1
Knowledge Representation….Pages 3-43
Ontologies….Pages 45-80
The Semantic Web….Pages 81-124
Model Driven Engineering….Pages 125-155
Modeling Spaces….Pages 157-173
Front Matter….Pages 175-175
Software Engineering Approaches to Ontology Development….Pages 177-205
The MDA-Based Ontology Infrastructure….Pages 207-214
The Ontology Definition Metamodel (ODM)….Pages 215-233
The Ontology UML Profile….Pages 235-243
Mappings of MDA-Based Languages and Ontologies….Pages 245-261
Front Matter….Pages 263-263
Modeling Tools and Ontology Development….Pages 265-297
An MDA Based Ontology Platform: AIR….Pages 299-309
Examples of Ontology….Pages 311-334
Beyond the Ontology Definition Metamodel: Applications….Pages 335-350
Back Matter….Pages 351-378