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, this development step is hardly ever done, as ontologies rely on well-d...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Gaševic, Dragan, Djuric, Dragan (Author), Devedžic, Vladan (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Berlin, Heidelberg Springer Berlin Heidelberg 2009, 2009
Edition:2nd ed. 2009
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Basics
  • Knowledge Representation
  • Ontologies
  • The Semantic Web
  • Model Driven Engineering
  • Modeling Spaces
  • Model Driven Engineering and Ontologies
  • Software Engineering Approaches to Ontology Development
  • The MDA-Based Ontology Infrastructure
  • The Ontology Definition Metamodel (ODM)
  • The Ontology UML Profile
  • Mappings of MDA-Based Languages and Ontologies
  • Applications
  • Modeling Tools and Ontology Development
  • An MDA Based Ontology Platform: AIR
  • Examples of Ontology
  • Beyond the Ontology Definition Metamodel: Applications