Semantics exhibits diversity in the real world, mental abstraction world, document world, and
machine world. Studying mappings between different forms of semantics helps unveil the …

The use of ontologies for knowledge sharing and distributed collaboration has been widely
recognised in the knowledge modelling community, but the lack of a systematic and …

In this paper we present a transformation between UML class diagrams and OWL 2
ontologies. We specify the transformation on the M2 level using the QVT transformation …

A well-engineered strategy should specify and integrate three capabilities: process, method,
and domain terminology specifications. The domain terminology of different strategies …

The challenges in cost-effectively deploying simulation technology are well known. Two
major challenges are creating an appropriate conceptual model and translating that …

Abstract In Model-Driven Engineering, models have to conform to their associated linguistic
and ontological metamodels. While linguistic metamodels are usually not subject to frequent …

Both OWL-2 and UML static class diagrams lend themselves very well for conceptual
modelling of complex information systems. Both languages have their advantages. In order …

The Software & Systems Process Engineering meta-model (SPEM) allows the modelling of
software processes using OMG (Object Management Group) standards such as the MOF …

The ISO 19103 standard—defining rules and guidelines for conceptual modeling in the
geographic domain—has deliberately chosen the Unified Modeling Language (UML) as …

Abstract Currently Business Rules Approach has attained the great interest in business and
software development communities. According to SBVR standard, business rules are the …