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UML for ontology development

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  21 August 2002

PAUL KOGUT
Affiliation:
Lockheed Martin Management & Data Systems
STEPHEN CRANEFIELD
Affiliation:
University of Otago
LEWIS HART
Affiliation:
GRC International
MARK DUTRA
Affiliation:
Sandpiper Software, Inc.
KENNETH BACLAWSKI
Affiliation:
Northeastern University
MIECZYSLAW KOKAR
Affiliation:
Northeastern University
JEFFREY SMITH
Affiliation:
Mercury Computer

Abstract

Ontologies are becoming increasingly important because they provide the critical semantic foundation for many rapidly expanding technologies such as software agents, e-commerce and knowledge management (McGuinness, 2002). The Unified Modelling Language (UML)1 has been widely adopted by the software engineering community and its scope is broadening to include more diverse modelling tasks. This paper discusses the recent convergence of UML and ontologies and suggests some possible future directions.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
© 2002 Cambridge University Press

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Footnotes

Some of this material is based upon work supported by the Air Force Research Laboratory, Contract Number F30602-00-C-0188. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Air Force.