Conceptual modelling tool for novice designers

  • Authors:
  • Christian Kop

  • Affiliations:
  • Alpen-/Adria-/Universitat Klagenfurt, Austria/ Institute of Applied Informatics, Universitatsstrabe 65 –/ 67, 9020 Klagenfurt, Austria

  • Venue:
  • International Journal of Metadata, Semantics and Ontologies
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Using UML class diagrams or OWL specifications, the designer is always confronted with the same problem: which concept should be modelled as a class and which concept can be pruned to an attribute (DatatypeProperty)? In this paper, a very simple and easy methodology to derive classes and attributes from a network of concepts will be introduced. Using this methodology, the designer will be even able to start modelling with controlled English language patterns. At the end, a prototype implementation will show how they all fit together.