Tutorial 2

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7th International Conference on the
Unified Modeling Language

<<UML>> 2004

October 10, 2004
Lisbon, PORTUGAL

MDA Standards for Ontology Development

Abstract

The Semantic Web is the main direction of the future Web development. Domain ontologies are the most important part of Semantic Web applications. Artificial intelligence techniques are used for ontology creation, but those techniques are more related to research laboratories. Recently, there are many proposals to use software engineering techniques, especially the UML since it is the most accepted software engineering standard, in order to bring ontology development process closer to wider practitioners' population. However, UML is based on object oriented paradigm, and has some limitation regarding ontology development. These limitations can be overcome using UML's extensions (i.e. UML profiles), as well as other OMG's standards (i.e. Model Driven Architecture - MDA). Currently, there is an initiative (i.e. RFP) within the OMG aiming to define a suitable language for modeling Semantic Web ontology languages in the context of the MDA.

The main goal of this tutorial is to present comprehensive introduction into MDA-based ontology development. It will provide an introduction to the field of the Semantic Web and ontology engineering, a description of several UML- and metamodeling- based solutions and tools for ontology development, an overview of the OMG's MDA effort and related standards (Meta-Object Facility - MOF, UML, XML Metadata Interchange - XMI), a detail overview of the OMG's proposal for Ontology Definition Metamodel (http://ontology.omg.org). Finally, we will describe our experiences in developing and employing an MDA-based infrastructure for ontology engineering we defined using the OMG's recommendations.

Teaching Objectives

The tutorial should introduce the Semantic Web and ontology development to software engineers. The main goal is to show how practitioners can exploit ongoing MDA standards and techniques for developing ontologies. That way we will motivate them to contribute the Semantic Web development since they will use well-known software engineering (e.g. UML) tools for ontology engineering rather then AI-specific development tools.

Table of contents

The tutorial presents the current academic research and industrial best practice by addressing the following seven main subtopics (of each about 20-30 min. duration):

1. Semantic Web, ontologies, ontology structure, and ontology languages (XML, RDF(S), and OWL)

2. UML-based solutions and tools for ontology development

2.1. UML vs. ontologies
2.2. Solutions based on: UML, UML extensions (i.e. UML Profiles), and ontology metamodels
2.3. Tools: DUET, ArgoUML, Rational Rose, XPetal, Protégé's plug-ins, XSLT-based tools etc.
2.4. Shortcomings

3. MDA short overview

3.1. Four-layer architecture
3.2. Metamodeling
3.3. UML Profiles
3.4. MOF, UML, and XMI

4. OMG's proposal for Ontology Definition Metamodel and current submissions

5. The MDA-based infrastructure for ontology development

5.1. Ontology Definition Metamodel (ODM)
5.2. Ontology UML Profile (OUP) - a UML Profile that supports UML notation for ontology definition
5.3. Two-way mappings between OWL and ODM, and ODM and OUP

6. Bridging MDA-based ontology languages (OUP, ODM) and The Web Ontology Language (OWL)

6.1. Technological spaces (XML, ontology, and MDA)
6.2. Epistemological relations between MDA and OWL layers
6.3. Implementation of transformations: eXtensible Stylesheet Language Transformation (XSLT) and MOF Query/Views/Transformations (QVT)

7. Applications

7.1. AIR - An MDA- and Eclipse- based platform for intelligent systems: A plugin for ontology development (ODM, OUP, and transformations)
7.2. Extension of current UML tools for generation of ready-to-use OWL ontologies from the OUP

7.2.1. XSLT from UML (OUP-aware) XMI to OWL XML format
7.2.2. Tested on Poseidon for UML and Protégé

7.3. Petri net ontology: OUP definition, sharing between Protégé and Poseidon for UML

Teaching Method

The style of presentation is based on the assumption that the main need of participants is to gain a coherent overview of material that is largely unfamiliar. Accordingly, the main method is lecture presentation with PowerPoint slides and brief system demonstrations. Interactive style is assumed throughout the presentations. The participants are welcome to discuss all the ideas to be presented, to suggest their own ideas, and to share their own experiences related to the tutorial topics. The amount of material to be presented will be adjusted so that an average of 5 minutes of discussion and debate can take place within each of the longer sections of the tutorial, where the need arises.

Speaker Biography

Dragan Gaševic received the B.S., M.S. and PhD degrees in informatics and computer engineering from the Department of Computer Science, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, in 2000, 2002, and 2004 respectively. He is a lecturer of computer science at the Department of Informatics and Computer Engineering, Military Academy, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, where he teaches expert systems, object oriented programming and modeling, and computer architecture. His current research interests are in the area of ontology development, Semantic Web, XML-based interoperability, integration between software engineering and knowledge engineering techniques, learning technologies and Petri nets. So far, he has authored/co-authored more than 60 research papers, several book chapters, and one book. Here is the excerpt from his publication record, showing only some of his most important and most recent publications:

1. Djuric, D, Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., "Ontology Modeling and MDA," Journal on Object Technology, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2005 (forthcoming).
2. Djuric, D, Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., "MDA-Based Ontological Engineering," In Chang, S. K. (Ed.) Handbook of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 3, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2004 (forthcoming).
3. Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., Veselinovic, N., "P3 - Petri Net Educational Software Tool for Teaching Hardware," Petri Net Newsletter, No. 66, April 2004 (forthcoming).
4. Jovanovic, J., Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., "A GUI for Jess," Expert Systems With Applications, Vol. 26, No.4, pp. 625-637.
5. Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., "Teaching Petri nets using P3," Educational Technology & Society (Journal of the IEEE Technical Committee on Learning Technologies), 2004 (forthcoming).
6. Djuric, D., Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "A UML profile for OWL ontologies," In Proceedings of the Workshop on Model Driven Architecture: Foundations and Applications, Linköping University, Sweden, 2004 (forthcoming).
7. Djuric, D., Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "UML Profile for OWL," In Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Engineering, Munich, Germany, 2004 (forthcoming).
8. Gaševic, D., Djuric, D, Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "UML for Read-To-Use OWL Ontologies," In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference Intelligent Systems, Vrana, Bulgaria, 2004 (forthcoming).
9. Gaševic, D., Jovanovic, J., Devedžic, V., "Enhancing Learning Object Content on the Semantic Web," In Proceedings of the 4th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Joensuu, Finland, 2004 (forthcoming).
10. Gaševic, D., Jovanovic, J., Devedžic, V., "Ontologies for Creating Learning Object Content," In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information & Engineering Systems (KES2004), Wellington, New Zealand, 2004 (forthcoming).
11. Djuric, D., Gaševic, D., Damjanovic, V., "AIR A Platform for Intelligent Systems," In Proceedings of the 1st IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, Toulouse, France, August 2004 (forthcoming).
12. Gaševic, D., Djuric, D, Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "Converting UML to OWL Ontologies," In Proceedings of the 13th International World Wide Web Conference, NY, USA, 2004.
13. Djuric, D, Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "MDA Development of Ontology Infrastructure," In Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Applied Computing, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004, pp. II-23-II-26.
14. Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., "Reusing Petri Nets through the Semantic Web," In Proceedings of the 1st European Semantic Web Symposium, Heraklion, Greece, 2004.
15. Gaševic, D., Damjanovic, V., Devedžic, V., "Applying MDA Standards in Ontological Engineering," In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, 2003, pp. 193-196.

Dr. Gaševic is a member of the GOOD OLD AI research group, and a student member of the ACM. He can be reached at http://afrodita.rcub.bg.ac.yu/~gasevic .

Dragan Djuric received the B.S., M.S. degree in computer engineering from the FON - School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, in 1982. He is a PhD student at the FON - School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade, and also a member of Good-Old-AI research group. His interests mostly include Model Driven Architecture, Enterprise software architecture, Object-Oriented development, Java platform and Intelligent Information Systems. He has authored/co-authored many research papers, several book chapters, and one book in Model Driven Development. Here is the excerpt from his publication record, showing only some of his most important and most recent publications:

1. Djuric, D, Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., "Ontology Modeling and MDA," Journal on Object Technology, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2005 (forthcoming).
2. Djuric, D, Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., "MDA-Based Ontological Engineering," In Chang, S. K. (Ed.) Handbook of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 3, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2004 (forthcoming).
3. D. Djuric, "MDA-based Ontology Infrastructure," International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2004, pp. 91-116.
4. Djuric, D, Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "MDA Development of Ontology Infrastructure," In Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Applied Computing, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004 pp. II-23-II-26.
5. Djuric, D., Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "A UML profile for OWL ontologies," In Proceedings of the Workshop on Model Driven Architecture: Foundations and Applications, Linköping University, Sweden, 2004 (forthcoming).
6. Djuric, D., Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "UML Profile for OWL," In Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Engineering, Munich, Germany, 2004 (forthcoming).
7. Gaševic, D., Djuric, D, Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "UML for Read-To-Use OWL Ontologies," In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference Intelligent Systems, Vrana, Bulgaria, 2004 (forthcoming).
8. Gaševic, D., Djuric, D, Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "UML for Read-To-Use OWL Ontologies," In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference Intelligent Systems, Vrana, Bulgaria, 2004 (forthcoming).
9. Djuric, D., Gaševic, D., Damjanovic, V., "AIR - A Platform for Intelligent Systems," In Proceedings of the 1st IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, Toulouse, France, August 2004 (forthcoming).
10. Gaševic, D., Djuric, D, Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "Converting UML to OWL Ontologies," In Proceedings of the 13th International World Wide Web Conference, NY, USA, 2004.
11. Damjanovic, V., Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., Djuric, D, "Web Agent's Enclaves - A New Opportunity for the Semantic Web Services," In Proceedings of the WWW2004 Workshop Application Design, Development and Implementation Issues in the Semantic Web, NY, USA, 2004 (invited paper).
12. Damjanovic, V., Gaševic, D., Devedžic, Djuric, D, "The Semiotic Contribution in Intelligent Web Control," In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference Intelligent Systems, Vrana, Bulgaria, 2004 (forthcoming).
13. Djuric, D., Gaševic, D. and Devedžic, V., "A MDA-based Approach to the Ontology Definition Metamodel," In Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Information Technologies, Nis, Serbia and Montenegro, 2003, pp. 51-54.

Vladan Devedžic is both an active researcher and practitioner in the field of intelligent systems. His major long-term professional goal is a continuous effort to bring close together the ideas from the broad fields of intelligent systems and software engineering. In that sense, his current efforts and research interests are oriented towards practical engineering aspects of developing intelligent educational systems on the Web. He has written more than 200 papers (about 30 of them have been published in internationally recognized journals by publishers such as ACM, IEEE, Pergamon Press, etc.), three books on intelligent systems, and several chapters in books on intelligent systems and software engineering edited by distinguished scientists. He has also developed several practical intelligent systems and tools, and actively participates as a consultant to several ongoing projects in industry. Here is the excerpt from his publication record, showing only some of his most important and most recent publications (full list of his publications is available upon request):

1. Djuric, D, Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., "MDA-Based Ontological Engineering," In Chang, S. K. (Ed.) Handbook of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 3, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2004 (forthcoming).
2. Devedžic, V., "Key Issues in Next-Generation Web-Based Education", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, Vol. 33, No. 3, 2003, pp. 339-349.
3. Devedžic, V., Pocajt, V. "What Does Current Web-Based Education Lack?", International Journal of Computers and Applications, Vol.25, No.1, 2003, pp. 65-71.
4. Nedovic, Lj., Devedžic, V., "DEVEX - An Expert System for Currency Exchange Advising", International Journal of Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems, Vol.7, No.1, January 2003, pp. 38-45.
5. Devedžic, V., "Understanding Ontological Engineering", Communications of the ACM, Volume 45, No.4ve, April 2002, pp. 136-144.
6. Nedovic, Lj., Devedžic, V., "Expert Systems in Finance - A Cross-Section of the Field", Expert Systems With Applications, Vol.23, No.1, 2002, pp. 49-66.
7. Djuric, M., Devedžic, V., "I-promise - intelligent protective material selection", Expert Systems With Applications, Vol.23, No.3, 2002, pp. 219-227.
8. Devedžic, V., "Software Patterns", in: Chang, S.K. (ed.), Handbook of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering Vol.2 - Emerging Technologies, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2002, pp. 645-671.
9. Devedžic, V., "Software Project Management", in: Chang, S.K. (ed.), Handbook of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering Vol.2 - Emerging Technologies, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2002, pp. 419-446.
10. Devedžic, V., "Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining in Databases", in: Chang, S.K. (ed.), Handbook of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering Vol.1 - Fundamentals, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2001, pp. 615-637.
11. Devedžic, V., "Knowledge Modeling - State of the Art", Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, Vol.8, No.3, 2001, pp. 257-281.
12. Devedžic, V., Jerinic, Lj., Radovic, D., "The GET-BITS Model of Intelligent Tutoring Systems", Journal of Interactive Learning Research (JILR), Special Issue on Intelligent Systems/Tools in Training and Lifelong Learning, Vol.11, No.3/4, 2000, pp. 411-434.
13. Devedžic, V., "Inside Intelligent Tutoring Systems - Using Design Patterns", International Journal of Knowledge Based Intelligent Engineering Systems, Vol.4, No.1, January 2000, pp. 25-32.
14. Jerinic, Lj., Devedžic, V., "A Friendly Intelligent Tutoring Environment - Teacher's Approach", ACM SIGCHI Bulletin, Vol. 32, No.1, January 2000, pp. 83-94.
15. Devedžic, V., Radovic, D.: "A Framework for Building Intelligent Manufacturing Systems", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C - Applications and Reviews, Vol.29, No.3, August 1999, pp. 402-419.
16. Devedžic, V., "Ontologies: Borrowing from Software Patterns", ACM intelligence Magazine, Fall 1999, pp. 14-24.
    

Vladan Devedžic is currently with the Department of Information Systems, FON - School of Business Administration, University of Belgrade. He teaches several courses on intelligent systems and software engineering, and is the chair of the intelligent systems tracks in the program committees of several international conferences and of two annual national conferences on computer science. He was the Program Co-Chair of two international conferences, and has given invited talks at three international conferences. So far, he has also given many different tutorials on intelligent systems and software engineering at international conferences, numerous lectures and in-house seminars on different software engineering topics, and seven nationwide tutorials on current trends in software engineering. He can be reached at http://galeb.etf.bg.ac.yu/~devedzic .

Some presenters' publications covering tutorial subject

1. Djuric, D, Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., "MDA-Based Ontological Engineering," In Chang, S. K. (Ed.) Handbook of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering, Vol. 3, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2004 (forthcoming).
2. Devedžic, V., "Software Patterns", in: Chang, S.K. (ed.), Handbook of Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering Vol.2 - Emerging Technologies, World Scientific Publishing Co., Singapore, 2002, pp. 645-671.
3. Djuric, D, Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., "Ontology Modeling and MDA," Journal on Object Technology, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2005 (forthcoming).
4. Devedžic, V., "Understanding Ontological Engineering", Communications of the ACM, Volume 45, No.4ve, April 2002, pp. 136-144.
5. D. Djuric, "MDA-based Ontology Infrastructure," International Journal on Computer Science and Information Systems, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2004, pp. 91-116.
6. Devedžic, V., "Knowledge Modeling - State of the Art", Integrated Computer-Aided Engineering, Vol.8, No.3, 2001, pp. 257-281.
7. Devedžic, V., Radovic, D.: "A Framework for Building Intelligent Manufacturing Systems", IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C - Applications and Reviews, Vol.29, No.3, August 1999, pp. 402-419.
8. Devedžic, V., "Ontologies: Borrowing from Software Patterns", ACM intelligence Magazine, Fall 1999, pp. 14-24.
9. Djuric, D, Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "MDA Development of Ontology Infrastructure," In Proceedings of the IADIS International Conference Applied Computing, Lisbon, Portugal, 2004 pp. II-23-II-26.
10. Djuric, D., Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "A UML profile for OWL ontologies," In Proceedings of the Workshop on Model Driven Architecture: Foundations and Applications, Linköping University, Sweden, 2004 (forthcoming).
11. Djuric, D., Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "UML Profile for OWL," In Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Engineering, Munich, Germany, 2004 (forthcoming).
12. Gaševic, D., Djuric, D, Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "UML for Read-To-Use OWL Ontologies," In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference Intelligent Systems, Vrana, Bulgaria, 2004 (forthcoming).
13. Gaševic, D., Djuric, D, Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "UML for Read-To-Use OWL Ontologies," In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference Intelligent Systems, Vrana, Bulgaria, 2004 (forthcoming).
14. Djuric, D., Gaševic, D., Damjanovic, V., "AIR - A Platform for Intelligent Systems," In Proceedings of the 1st IFIP Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications and Innovations, Toulouse, France, August 2004 (forthcoming).
15. Gaševic, D., Djuric, D, Devedžic, V., Damjanovic, V., "Converting UML to OWL Ontologies," In Proceedings of the 13th International World Wide Web Conference, NY, USA, 2004.
16. Gaševic, D., Devedžic, V., "Reusing Petri Nets through the Semantic Web," In Proceedings of the 1st European Semantic Web Symposium, Heraklion, Greece, 2004.
17. Gaševic, D., Damjanovic, V., Devedžic, V., "Applying MDA Standards in Ontological Engineering," In Proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Technology, Bhubaneswar, India, 2003, pp. 193-196.
18. Djuric, D., Gaševic, D. and Devedžic, V., "A MDA-based Approach to the Ontology Definition Metamodel," In Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Information Technologies, Nis, Serbia and Montenegro, 2003, pp. 51-54.
19. Gaševic, D., Damjanovic, V. and Devedžic, V., "Analysis of MDA Support for Ontological Engineering, In Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on Computational Intelligence and Information Technologies, Nis, Serbia and Montenegro, 2003, pp. 55-58.
    

Previous presenters' tutorials

Related tutorials

1. Dragan Gaševic, Dragan, Djuric, Vladan Devedžic, "MDA Standards for Ontology Development", International Conference on Web Engineering, Munich, Germany, July 2004 (forthcoming). http://afrodita.rcub.bg.ac.yu/~gasevic/tutorials/ICWE2004/

Other tutorials

1. Vladan Devedžic, "Intelligent Web-based Computer Supported Collaborative Learning", The 4th IEEE International Conference on Advanced Learning Technologies, Joensuu, Finland, August 2004 (forthcoming) http://lttf.ieee.org/icalt2004/tutorial2.html
2. Vladan Devedžic, "Web Mining and Other Trends in Knowledge Discovery in Databases", The 2nd IASTED International Conference on Neural Networks and Computational Intelligence, Grindelwald, Switzerland, February 2004, http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2004/switzerland/nci.htm
3. Vladan Devedžic, "Intelligent Web-Based Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning", The IASTED International Conference on Web-Based Education, Innsbruck, Austria, February 2004 http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2004/Innsbruck/wbe-tutorial.htm
4. Vladan Devedžic, "Innovative Software Technology for CSCL: Design Patterns, Software Components and Ontologies", 5th International Conference on Computer Support for Collaborative Learning, Bergen, Norway, June 2003, http://www.intermedia.uib.no/cscl/tutorials/t3.cscl
5. Vladan Devedžic, "Modern Knowledge Modeling Techniques", International Conference on Artificial Intelligence with Applications, February 2003, Innsbruck, Austria. http://www.iasted.org/conferences/2003/austria/ai-tutorial2.htm
6. Vladan Devedžic, "The Semantic Web - Implications for Teaching and Learning", International Workshop on Interactive Computer-Aided Learning, ICL 2001, 26-28. September 2001, Villach, Austria.
7. Vladan Devedžic, "The Semantic Web - Implications for Teaching and Learning", International Conference on Computers in Education 2001 (ICCE 2001), 12-15. November 2001, Seoul, Korea. http://www.icce2001.org/cd/pdf/TandW/t_w_2.pdf
8. Vladan Devedžic, "The Semantic Web", Pacific-Asian Conference on Intelligent Systems 2001 (PAIS 2001), 16-17. November 2001, Seoul, Korea.
9. Vladan Devedžic, "Software Architectures of Intelligent Systems", 19th International Conference on Applied Informatics, February 2001, Innsbruck, Austria.
10. Vladan Devedžic, "Software Architectures of Intelligent Systems", The International Conference on Artificial Intelligence with Applications, September 2001, Marbella, Spain. http://www.iasted.com/conferences/2001/spain/prog-348.htm
11. Vladan Devedžic, "AI Systems in Distributed Environments", 18th International Conference on Applied Informatics, February 2000, Innsbruck, Austria.
12. Vladan Devedžic, "Intelligent Agents - Principles, Applications, and Perspectives", International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, August 1999, Honolulu, USA.
13. Vladan Devedžic, "Knowledge Discovery in Databases - Principles, Applications, and Perspectives", International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing, August 1999, Honolulu, USA.
14. Vladan Devedžic, "Object-Oriented Intelligent Systems", 16th International Conference on Applied Informatics, February 1998, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
15. Vladan Devedžic, "Object-Oriented Modelling and Simulation in Artificial Intelligence", International Conference on Applied Modelling and Simulation, August 1998, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA.